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HEALTH May 25, 2023

HIV infections have dropped in recent years, CDC says, but agency calls for greater equity

HIV cases have been on the decline in recent years, largely driven by fewer cases among young people, but racial disparities remain, a CDC report stated.

HEALTH May 19, 2023

New FDA blood donation guidelines ease restrictions for gay and bisexual men

With new guidelines released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, blood donor eligibility will now be based on individuals’ responses to screening questions rather than group-wide restrictions.

California April 11, 2023

Health officials claim STD cases have been accelerating, doctors hope old drug can slow rising rates

Doctors are hoping a cheap antibiotic will be able to slow the rising STD rate in the U.S. Experts believes rates have been rising due to declining condom use and reduced testing.

World April 6, 2023

Man sentenced to 3 years after 'recklessly' infecting woman with HIV 14 years ago

Police in the United Kingdom says years of detective work finally landed a Jamaican man behind bars for three years after "recklessly" giving HIV to a British woman.

HEALTH January 27, 2023

FDA proposes easing sexual abstinence criteria for blood donation

The Food and Drug Administration proposed Friday further rollback of restrictions on blood donation based on abstinence and sexual history-related criteria.

Joe Biden December 19, 2022

Biden political appointees to HIV council have 'woke' pasts tied to drag queen story hour, Planned Parenthood

Members of President Biden's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS worked for prominent progressive advocacy groups and on "woke" issues such as "queer liberation" and "health equity."

New York November 23, 2022

HIV-positive heart donor's family meets daughter's HIV-positive recipient

An HIV-positive woman received a heart from a Louisiana woman who also had HIV. The woman who received the heart met the donor's family after the surgery.

HEALTH September 20, 2022

‘Out of control’ STD situation prompts call for changes

STD and HIV cases reached its highest point of infections in the nation since 1991 prompting U.S. health officials to call for treatments and prevention.

Anthony Fauci August 26, 2022

Fauci warns against monkeypox outbreak assumptions; compares situation to HIV/AIDS epidemic

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Thursday against making assumptions regarding the international monkeypox virus outbreak. He recalled the early response to HIV-AIDS.

OPINION August 1, 2022

Will monkeypox become another COVID or HIV?

Monkeypox has been reported in over 20,000 people in 75 countries, but there are reasons to believe it doesn't have the same potential as COVID or HIV.

MILITARY April 10, 2022

Judge rules US military can't discharge HIV-positive troops

A Virginia judge recently ruled that servicemembers who are HIV positive cannot be discharged or barred from becoming an officer based solely on being infected with the virus.