Stop Diabetes Before It Starts
August 31 2011 4:00 AM ET

Stop Diabetes Before It Starts

Michelle Garcia

HIVers using certain treatment regimens should also watch their insulin levels.

Judgment Day
August 29 2011 7:30 PM ET

Judgment Day

Advocate Contributors

American AIDS groups no longer have to condemn sex work in order to receive government funding—now activists want the same for foreign HIV organizations.

Good News Bad News on AIDS
June 03 2011 3:05 PM ET

Good News, Bad News on AIDS

Advocate.com Editors

A new U.N. report highlights advances in the fight against AIDS along with concerns.

Study Urges More Attention to LGBT Health
March 31 2011 2:15 PM ET

Study Urges More Attention to LGBT Health

Advocate.com Editors

Medical researchers need to do more to learn about health issues that specifically affect LGBT people, says a new study.

Perfect Score
March 09 2011 5:00 AM ET

Perfect Score

Advocate Contributors

To qualify for the top spot on the 2010 Healthcare Equality Index, facilities had to meet each of the following policy criteria.

Making Health Care Equality a Reality
March 09 2011 5:00 AM ET

 Making Health Care Equality a Reality

Winston Gieseke

The Human Rights Campaign has been evaluating health care since 2007, but will new Obama administration regulations make the Healthcare Equality Index obsolete?

A Hospital on Life Support
February 17 2010 8:55 PM ET

A Hospital on Life Support

Michelle Garcia

St. Vincent’s hospital, a historic lifeline for New Yorkers living with AIDS, faces extinction, leaving thousands of people living with AIDS without their primary care facility.

How the House and Senate Bills Affect LGBT Health
January 14 2010 4:15 PM ET

How the House and Senate Bills Affect LGBT Health

Ryan McLendon

The Affordable Health Care for America Act has the potential to make the lives of gays and lesbians much healthier... if the right language makes the final cut.

October 28 2009 11:30 AM ET

Russia Urged to Change AIDS Strategy

Julie Bolcer

AIDS experts urged Russia to change the way it fights HIV and AIDS, a growing threat to the country.

Britains Gay Blood Ban Under Review
October 27 2009 10:00 AM ET

Britains Gay Blood Ban Under Review

Christopher Mangum

A lifetime ban on blood donations by gay and bisexual men in the United Kingdom is currently under review and could be lifted in 2010.

Obama to Remove Abstinence Requirement for HIV Funding
November 12 2008 1:00 AM ET

Obama to Remove Abstinence Requirement for HIV Funding

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President-elect Barack Obama plans to overhaul the Bush administration's international family planning and AIDS prevention funding policy, which excludes abortion and strictly supports abstinence-only education.

October 28 2008 12:00 AM ET

Study: Treatment for HIV Should Begin Earlier

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A new study has found that postponing treatment for people with HIV can almost double their risk of death, compared to people who get treatment early.

October 18 2008 12:00 AM ET

HIV Infections Rising in Hong Kong

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Public health and HIV/AIDS experts warn that if prevention programs don't take hold in Hong Kong, as many as one third of the city's gay and bisexual men could be infected with HIV by 2020. The number of infections among that group has risen every year since 2003, while the rate of infection for heterosexuals has stayed steady over that same amount of time, Reuters reports.

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