Topics :: HIV

Trans Women: Both Bias Crimes and ART-Adherence Rates Up

By Winnie McCroy | Sunday Jun 16, 2013
New data shows that HIV-positive transgender people are just as likely to stay in care than others -- despite high rates of social discrimination and anti-gay hate crimes.

GMHC Applauds Assembly Passage of Med. Marijuana Bill

By Winnie McCroy | Friday Jun 14, 2013
GMHC applauded the New York State Assembly’s passage of legislation that will allow limited access to medical marijuana for patients with severe conditions, including HIV/AIDS.

Ask the Doc: HIV Vaccine Trials and the Anal Pap Smear

By Demetre Daskalakis | Thursday Jun 13, 2013
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis takes a break from his fast-paced schedule of administering meningitis vaccinations to gay men to answer a few questions, in this edition of Ask the Doc. This week, Dr. D updates readers about HIV vaccine trials and the anal pap.

New HIV Network is Pozitively Healthy

By Winnie McCroy | Wednesday Jun 12, 2013
A national coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS has teamed up to form Pozitively Healthy, a national advocacy network.

APLA Screens Documentary at ’One City One Pride’

By Winnie McCroy | Monday Jun 10, 2013
The AIDS Project Los Angeles team will screen the Academy Award-nominated documentary "How to Survive a Plague," followed by a panel discussion.

Philadelphia’s Bebashi Celebrates 28 Years of Helping Women Living With HIV/AIDS

By Lana Cooper | Monday Jun 10, 2013
Philadelphia-based HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention organization Bebashi celebrated 28 years of helping women live the best life they can.

CDC Says Testing Makes Us Stronger

By Winnie McCroy | Saturday Jun 8, 2013
It’s National HIV Testing Month, and the CDC has responding with their Testing Makes Us Stronger Campaign. Get tested!

AIDS/LifeCycle Does a Good Turn for PLWHAs

By Winnie McCroy | Monday Jun 3, 2013
Thousands of cyclists are en route from San Francisco to Los Angeles this week, to raise money for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center.

AHF Pushes SF Drug Pricing Measure

By Seth Hemmelgarn | Friday May 31, 2013
The Los Angeles-based AHF is sponsoring a ballot measure this fall to encourage San Francisco officials to call for cheaper drug prices.

AIDS in New York: The First Five Years

By Winnie McCroy | Friday May 31, 2013
A new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society chronicles the early history of the AIDS epidemic in New York City.