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  • New STD Fee

    By on June 29, 2005

    As part of an ongoing effort to achieve fiscal stability, the Whitman-Walker Clinic has announced a new $25 fee for all clients of the Gay...

  • HIV and LGV in MSM

    By on February 16, 2005

    With St. Valentine's Day, February is the month best associated with romantic love. Within the MSM (men who have sex with men) community, however, the...

  • Making the Syphi-list

    By on December 1, 2004

    Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracking sexually transmitted diseases in 2003 does not offer much good news for...

  • Doctor, Doctor

    By on April 14, 2004

    Take Charge of Your Health by Talking to Your Doctor Among the uncomfortable experiences that are part and parcel of life is that first visit...

  • Fighting Hepatitis

    By on October 29, 2003

    Previously we looked at hepatitis A and all the excellent reasons to get the readily-available vaccine. Now it's time to learn about hepatitis B and...

  • Push for Pap

    By on October 1, 2003

    If a woman rarely or never has sex with men, should she still get regular Pap smears? Absolutely, say experts in lesbian health. Yet a...

  • Staph Evaluations

    By on April 9, 2003

    Expertise on call: Ward (Photo by Michael Wichita) These days, the media debuts new infectious diseases like they're Vin Diesel's latest release. Katie Couric on...

  • Body and Soul

    By on March 12, 2003

    Things would be much easier if that proverbial apple a day really did keep the doctor away. But getting and staying healthy is, of course,...

  • Republican AIDS Czar Scott Evertz

    By on March 20, 2002

    That Scott Evertz is an openly gay man with a job in a Republican administration isn't the most surprising thing. The most surprising thing is...