Families face obstacles fighting lead poisoning during pandemic – freshwatercleveland
Since his two-year-old son’s routine blood test in November showed the child had been lead poisoned, Charrell Reed and his family have felt like prisoners in their apartment on the city’s...
Dr. Florence Edwards: Tobacco industry uses menthol, mint, candy flavors to lure, hook Black,...
Dr. Florence Edwards
Before I was a dentist, I was a child who often spent her time reading “Jet” magazine. “Jet” was the pop culture magazine geared toward descendants of...
Edison “Ed” G. Lugibihl – Obituary – Mahoning Valley – Mahoning Matters
April 25, 1924 ~ May 2, 2021 (age 97) Boardman - Edison G. Lugibihl, 97, formerly of Hitchcock Road in Boardman, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health...
LGBTQ+ teens, 20-somethings share pandemic mental health struggles, post-pandemic plans – Washington Blade
WASHINGTON, D.C. – People around the world have struggled for more than a year while stuck at home for school and work. But this physical and social isolation has taken a...
Public health advocate aims to be first transgender person elected to Pa. house –...
Philadelphia, Pa. - Dr. Rachel Levine made history as the highest-ranking person of transgender origin as the Pa. secretary of health amidst a once-in-a-century pandemic. She is ultimately continuing her...
State of LGBT+ rights after Biden’s first 100 days – Reuters
By Matthew Lavietes5 Min Read(This April. 29 story refiles to correct spelling of name Talbott in par 20)NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Candidate Joe Biden promised a “march toward equality”...
Belfast City Council meeting live updates: Gay conversion therapy and bank charges on agenda...
There is a packed agenda for tonight's monthly meeting of Belfast City Council (BCC), with a total of six motions to be debated by members and a further four motions to...
Texas nonprofit launches free sexual healthcare program for LGBTQ community – KRGV
A new statewide program aims to provide the LGBTQ community with comprehensive sexual health services.
The program, launched by the nonprofit group Texas Health Action, was designed to help people in the...
Transhealth Northampton opens as first ‘independent, comprehensive’ transgender health center – MassLive.com
NORTHAMPTON — Dallas Ducar, founding chief executive officer of Transhealth Northampton, which officially opens Tuesday, May 4, says the health care center’s name speaks “loud and proud about who and what...
ACON supports calls for judicial inquiry into historical gay and transgender hate crimes in...
ACON HealthThe final report of the parliamentary inquiry into historical gay and transgender hate crimes...
CN reviewing policy that withheld pension from gay widower – Yahoo News Canada
CBCN.B. COVID-19 roundup: Another death in Grand Falls, 15 new casesCOVID-19 has claimed the life of another New Brunswicker, pushing the total number of COVID-related deaths in the province to 38,...
More than half of gay and bisexual Gen Z boys say they’ve come out...
Some 75 years ago, in bombed-out Frankfurt, Germany, a little girl named Marlene Mahta received a sign of hope in the midst of squalor, homelessness and starvation. A CARE Package containing...
45 COVID cases last week – Martha’s Vineyard Times
The weekly number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues a downward trend with the Martha’s Vineyard boards of health reporting 45 cases last week.The boards of health release an expanded COVID...
Free virtual mental health training offered this summer through IU organization – Indiana Daily...
Monroe County residents can receive training in mental health first aid and recognizing signs and symptoms of mental health issues this summer for free through Prevention Insights.
Prevention Insights is a nonprofit...
Parental Attitudes to Kids’ Sex Orientation: Unexpected Findings – Medscape
For gay and lesbian individuals, consistency in parents' attitudes toward their child's sexual orientation, even when they are negative, is an important factor in positive mental health outcomes, new research shows....
Hepatitis C testing in gay and bisexual men with HIV below target, US study...
The findings are published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Hepatitis C can be cured by a short course of direct-acting antiviral treatment and the World Health Organization has set...
76ers vs. Spurs – Game Recap – May 2, 2021 – ESPN
11:06 PM ETSAN ANTONIO -- — Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the undermanned San Antonio Spurs 113-111 in overtime Sunday...
Sexually transmitted infections at an all-time high among college students – Iowa State Daily
Multiple times per year, the Primary Healthcare Clinic (PHC) in Ames provides free STD testing, including...
Steady, But Not Necessarily Positive, Parental Support Key for LGBT Community – MedPage Today
Consistency was important when it came to parental support of gay and lesbian people, a researcher reported.
In a survey of 175 gay and lesbian adults, those who reported consistent positive support...
SA media’s lazy reportage on LGBTIQ+ stories feeds into hate: Matuba Mahlatjie – CapeTalk
Share This: Journalist and broadcaster Matuba Mahlatjie says most mainstream newsrooms have failed in their reporting on LGBTIQ+ issues. Mahlatjie recently wrote an opinion piece for Eyewitness...
Area activist, social services coordinator plans run for Congress – Rome Sentinel
Local activist and social services coordinator Elyssa Bolt formally announced her candidacy for the 2022 election cycle for the U.S. House of Representatives from New York’s 22nd Congressional District.She intends to...
‘Mean Girls’ Star Jonathan Bennett Reveals The Habits He Practices To Boost His Mental...
‘Mean Girls’ Star Jonathan Bennett Talks Mental Health – Hollywood Life
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Understanding and Mitigating Health Inequities — Past, Current, and Future Directions – nejm.org
Over the past half-century, understanding of health and health care disparities in the United States — including underlying social, clinical, and system-level contributors — has increased. Yet disparities persist. Eliminating health...
Understanding and Mitigating Health Inequities — Past, Current, and Future Directions | NEJM –...
Over the past half-century, understanding of health and health care disparities in the United States — including underlying social, clinical, and system-level contributors — has increased. Yet disparities persist. Eliminating health...
The Aces breakdown mental health stigmas with new single Don’t Freak – Gay Times...
The Aces are starting off Mental Health Awareness Month strong with their brand new single Don’t Freak.
Backed by a dance-pop sound, the new record explores the damaging stigmas surrounding mental health.
The...
STD cases at ‘all-time high,’ CDC says – KRON4
(NEXSTAR) – Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are at an all-time high, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. There were more than 2.5 million reported...
Gay California insurance czar Lara launches reelection bid – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest...
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, the first LGBTQ person to win election to statewide office in the Golden State, officially declared Friday his intention to seek a second four-year term in...
Previous YSU students and professor receive top awards – YSU.edu
Two students and a faculty member in YSU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received one of the top awards at the World Physiotherapy Congress, a biennial conference that attracts delegates from...
Revised DC COVID bar restrictions to allow drag shows – Washington Blade
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on April 26 that the city’s COVID-related public health restrictions are being eased one step further by the lifting of a ban on...
Address inequalities to end AIDS by 2030, UN chief says in new report –...
Despite action and progress against HIV in some places and population groups, HIV epidemics continue to expand in others, the report revealed. It was launched just weeks ahead of a major...
LGBTQ organizer Deja Alvarez steps up for Rep. Brian Sims’ Philly House seat –...
Pa. House candidate Deja Alvarez (Philadelphia Gay News photo). By The Philadelphia Gay News
PHILADELPHIA — LGBTQ community leader Deja Alvarez has announced a run for state representative of the 182nd district. Alvarez is...
Africa’s LGBTQ communities need more protection and support – Al Jazeera English
On April 22, Them, an online publication, reported that four gay men had been murdered in South Africa in less than a month. The disturbing report made national headlines after a...
Sexually Transmitted Infections Reach Record High for 6th Year in a Row – POZ
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that reported annual cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States continued to rise in 2019, reaching...