Health

From our friends at The Living Room: We are pleased to announce that The Living Room has entered into an agreement with Fresno County Department of Public Health to perform rapid HIV testing at The Living Room (601 E Belmont Ave. Fresno CA 9370) from 4 to 7PM on the third Tuesday of every month. […]

This is a good discussion about the recent decision to retain the ban on gay men donating blood…but I’d watch it again and again just for Thomas Roberts…

The HHS, or Health and Human Services Advisory Committee has voted to keep the ban on blood donated by gay men. Forget that this decision is against all scientific fact. Forget that Congress urged them to drop it. Forget that the American Red Cross, the AMA, America’s Blood Centers and the American Association of Blood

With the recent closing of the HIV Specialty Clinic, which provided medical care for those living with HIV, and the news of the probable closing of The Living Room at the end of June, some expressed confusion at this year’s Pride event as to whether HIV testing would still be available in Fresno. Yes, it

The Federal Advisory Committee on Blood Safety & Availability will take up the issue of the gay blood donation ban which has barred gay men from donating blood since 1983. It was instituted at the time because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, to protect the general public. Things are different now. First of all, we all

Tuesday, May. 11, 2010 By Brad Branan / The Fresno Bee The Fresno County Board of Supervisors today narrowly approved a cost-cutting plan that includes closure of the county’s only AIDS clinic. The county will eliminate 47 public health positions, 15 of which are currently filled, by June 28. The cuts were requested by Public

Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease which is expected to reach 700,000 cases this year alone, may soon become impossible to treat. It’s already resistant to most treatments and may soon be immune to that. Unless new drugs are created to fight it, experts predict a health disaster in our future. It’s not the only STD

An End To Pre-Existing Conditions Health Insurers cannot deny children health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. A ban on the discrimination in adults will take effect in 2014. Small Business Tax Credits Businesses with fewer than 50 employees will get tax credits covering up to 50% of employee premiums. Seniors Get ‘Donut Hole’ Rebate Seniors

The head of the UN AIDS Agency, Michel Sidibe, is laying it on the line. With direct and pointed words, he stated yesterday that "it is unacceptable" that 85 countries still have laws criminalizing homosexuality. In fact, seven countries punish homosexuality with the death penalty. Sidibe described the "growing conservatism" around the world frightening. The

The aim of this research is to explore the meaning of marriage to lesbian couples marginalized by the California State Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 and the affects of minority stress on some lesbian couples now barred from the legal institution of marriage in California.  The research focus is on the lived experiences of