Health

  Monday, September 27 marks National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day — a perfect day to go out and get tested. On the heels of a disturbing report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that one in five men living in urban areas is HIV-positive and about half of them are unaware that

According to a new federal study, one in five sexually active gay and bisexual men are carrying the HIV virus, and almost half of those don’t even know it. The study, released Thursday, is the largest to look at gay and bisexual men who are at high risk for contracting the virus. More than 8,000

  National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed each year on September 27 to focus on the disproportionate effects of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). In 2007, the estimated HIV diagnosis rate among MSM was 692 per 100,000, which was 44

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