All posts tagged "hiv/aids"
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Life Saver: Celebrating 40 years of Whitman-Walker
Whitman-Walker's 40-year history is inextricably linked to that of both the LGBTQ community and the larger D.C. community.
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Brother, Help Thyself is doing its part to combat Republican funding cuts
BHT will provide $64,000 to local nonprofits that support LGBTQ people and those living with HIV/AIDS
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Trump fires entire Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Former advisers hint that Trump-Pence administration intends to pursue abstinence-only approach to public health
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Health providers and activists react to Trump’s omission of LGBTQ people from World AIDS Day proclamation
Health care providers and activists are responding to the decision of President Trump to issue a proclamation for World AIDS Day omitting any mention of...
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State of the AIDS Epidemic
A Special World AIDS Day Forum
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Georgia State Rep. Betty Price under fire for calling for quarantine of people with HIV
A Georgia state representative is defending a comment she made when she raised the possibility of quarantining people living with HIV as a way of...
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Saving Lives: An interview with Whitman-Walker’s Don Blanchon
Don Blanchon wants to ensure that Whitman-Walker Health remains a crucial lifeline to the LGBTQ community.
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Louisiana sheriff’s office accused of discriminating against deputy with HIV
A Louisiana man is suing a local sheriff’s office for discrimination after it rescinded a job offer to be a sheriff’s deputy because he is...
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Whitman-Walker breaks ground on redevelopment project for Elizabeth Taylor site
On Wednesday, community health center Whitman-Walker Health took a step toward long-term sustainability when it broke ground on a new redevelopment project at its Elizabeth...
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Trump’s ACA executive order could undermine LGBTQ health care
Trump's move could leave transgender people and those living with HIV facing extortionate costs
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New antibody breakthrough could lead to HIV vaccine
With 99% efficacy in monkeys, researchers will attempt human trials in 2018
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California Assembly votes to repeal HIV criminalization laws
The California Assembly has approved a bill to reduce the penalty for knowingly exposing a person to HIV from a felony to a misdemeanor, The...
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HIV organizations in areas hit by hurricanes to receive $1 million
Local organizations that treat people with HIV encouraged to apply for grants
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Study: PrEP safe for use by teenage gay and bisexual boys
A new study finds that pre-exposure prophylaxis, in the form of a single pill, taken regularly, can protect against HIV infection in adolescent males who...
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Study finds having undetectable HIV levels “effectively prevents” transmission among gay couples
Opposites Attract study found no HIV transmission between over 350 serodiscordant couples
