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WEBAdvocacy in action with AIDSWatch. Jesse Milan Jr. As the fight for health, rights, and recognition rages on, AIDSWatch remains the nation's largest event for HIV advocacy and building a community around those living with and …

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U.S. Insurance Companies Must Now Cover PrEP With No Cost …

WEBAndre Jackson. July 20 2021 1:05 PM EST. In a massive move, the Biden Administration has released a new guidance that directs most health insurance companies to offer pre-exposure prophylaxis to beneficiaries at no cost. Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a medicine taken to prevent at-risk communities from contracting HIV.

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My Health, My Way: Healthy Habits for a Healthy Life

WEBAuthor and mindfulness & meditation expert Jessica Graham shares five essential tips for living healthy with HIV.

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8 Resources for Getting HIV Meds and Services Online

WEBThough it’s Los Angeles-based, AHF provides in-person and virtual care and prescription services around the world. Automatically refill meds whenever you need them through its easy-to-use app and speak to a live person via its 24/7 customer care line (1-855-894-6337). If unable to serve you directly, they will quickly connect you to local

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Dr. Leo Moore is more than the "ultimate health guy"

WEBDr. Moore has become known as a leading specialist in HIV and STI prevention and was recently named 2024’s Ultimate Men’s Health Guy by Men’s Health magazine. Moore shared much of his personal journey in the feature, including a life-changing medical event that occurred in January of 2023. During a routine surgery, …

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Walmart Expands HIV Services With Help From Elton John AIDS …

WEBAndrew J. Stillman. December 08 2022 4:44 PM EST. Walmart continues to evolve in how it treats marginalized employees and customers — the nation's largest retailer recently announced a partnership with the Elton John AIDS Foundation to expand awareness on HIV treatment and prevention options. Last year, Walmart released their …

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At-Home HIV and STI Tests to Be Covered by Insurance in California

WEBOn January 1, California officially became the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home STI tests, according to Edge Media Network.The decision came soon after the results of an extensive survey and report was released by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD).. Health officials and advocates are hopeful this …

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Check out our spring 'Wellness Issue' — promise it'll make you …

WEBPlus magazine's March/April issue is full of good vibes and great advice for living your best life possible, regardless of your HIV status. Wellness is defined in the dictionary as “the quality or state of being in good health especially as an actively sought goal.”. That last part especially struck me: especially as an actively sought goal.

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New York's plan to stop STIs

WEBThe New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene took a bold step in early 2024, becoming one of the only such departments in the country to release guidelines to health care providers on the use of doxycycline (doxy-PEP) to prevent bacterial sexually-transmitted infections.. The push by New York’s health department to …

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Meet the young Black heroes fighting for PrEP access at HBCUs

WEBChristopher Wiggins. January 08 2024 8:48 PM EST. In an urgent bid to counter the decline in the utilization of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the fight against HIV, particularly among Black and brown communities, the Human Rights Campaign has instituted an initiative focusing on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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The Memoir We've Been Waiting For: Peter Staley's

WEBPeter Staley was working on Wall Street when he was handed a flyer for a "Massive AIDS Demonstration" taking place in front of The Trinity Church, just a block away from the trading floor. "AIDS is the biggest killer in New York City of young men and women," it read, listing demands that included the Food & Drug Administration …

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Why are mpox cases in the U.S. on the rise again

WEBDeidre McPhillips, CNN. April 08 2024 1:30 PM EST. (CNN) — Mpox cases in the United States are twice as high as they were at this time last year, and experts are stressing the importance of improving vaccination coverage as transmission risks rise. There have been 511 cases reported this year through March 16, according to data from …

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The Atlanta HIV Housing Crisis Rages On

WEBThe city vowed to restructure. This September, though, the board of Positive Impact Health Centers — which also provides housing for people with HIV in Atlanta — voted to end its 28-year relationship with the city and threatened legal action. “As a nonprofit AIDS Service Organization that serves over 20 counties, Positive Impact Health

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Las Vegas Man Spreads Awareness with Story of Life-Saving Liver …

WEBBy Shawna Khalafi, LAS VEGAS, Nevada ()-- In recognition of Father’s Day and Men’s Health Week, a Las Vegas dad is sharing his story of a life-saving organ transplant, in order to spread awareness and inspire other men to take their health seriously.“My son and my wife had to rush me to Mountain View Hospital here in Las …

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Chicago Sees Lowest HIV Diagnoses in Decades

WEBOctober 07 2022 6:53 PM EST. The Chicago Department of Public Health’s latest HIV/STI data report from 2020 showed that HIV diagnoses in Chicago were at their lowest reported rates since 1987. According to WTTW, Dr. Irina Tabidze, director of program operations for the public health’s syndemic infectious disease bureau, said, “What is

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Walmart to close all of its health care clinics

WEBBy Nathaniel Meyersohn. New York (CNN) — Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, will close all 51 of its health care centers in six states and end virtual health care services, the company said Tuesday. Walmart had made a big push into health care in recent years, opening clinics next to its superstores that offered primary and …

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How Yoga Helped Me Choose to Live With HIV, Instead of Dying …

WEBHatha yoga is a style of yoga common in the West that focuses on poses and breathing. As we pose, we learn to sit with the pain and discomfort that arises in our bodies, and we become aware of the suffering in our minds that is attached to our thoughts and story. In a place of discomfort, we often let go of the breath ( pranayama ), which is

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Tyler TerMeer Makes History as SFAF's First Black CEO

WEBTerMeer then changed career directions, starting as the administrative assistant to a CEO of an HIV organization and working his way up from “frontline positions” to management. Then in 2014, he landed his first CEO role at Portland’s Cascade AIDS Project. Today, he is focused on his newest task at hand, leading SFAF through 2022 …

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CDC Sees Significant Increase of Obese Americans, Reveals Most

WEBNovember 14 2022 3:35 PM EST. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showing that more than seven in 10 (73.6 percent) United States adults aged 20 or older are either overweight or obese. Although the rates in children and adolescents have decreased, the rates overall have seen a drastic rise in recent decades.

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'Elm Street' Star Mark Patton Hospitalized With HIV Complications

WEBJanuary 18 2023 7:45 PM EST. Mark Patton, an American interior designer and out actor best known for his starring role on A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, has been hospitalized due to HIV-related ailments. A GoFundMe page was set up by Patton’s manger, Peter Valderrama, who apologized for a Chicago show Patton had to cancel

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Breaking: HIV Activists Are Shutting Down United Nations Traffic …

WEBAt the end of the opening day of a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City that was focused on poverty and public health, HIV and AIDS activists and allies gathered to bring traffic outside to a halt to draw attention to the millions of people who "lack access to lifesaving treatment because wealthy countries are cutting …

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Statins Might Slow HIV Progression

WEBStatin drugs, used to lower cholesterol levels and decrease the risk of heart disease, could also directly interfere with HIV replication and slow HIV disease progression, Spanish researchers reported in August. Laboratory tests and animal studies showed that statin drugs seemed to work by preventi

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