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Iowa Court of Appeals denies HIV+ Iowan's appeal
Iowa's draconian HIV criminal transmission law is not only retaliatory, it is outdated and needs to be revised
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Test Positive Aware Network announces CEO transition
The Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) Board of Directors announced the resignation of Bill Farrand as Chief Executive Officer of TPAN. Farrand resigned from his position on Friday, Sept. 27 for both personal and profess
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Feigenholtz offering health insurance help in Lakeview
State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, will help residents sign up for the new health insurance exchanges at an information session on Thursday, Oct. 17.
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Thousands participate in AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
More than 4,000 Chicago-area residents participated in the fight against HIV/AIDS during the 12th annual AIDS Run & Walk Chicago on Saturday, Sept. 28.
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Equality Illinois urges community recommitment to HIV/AIDS awareness
On September 27 in support of National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, hundreds of organizations and individuals including Equality Illinois have signed onto a joint letter to re-engage with the broader LGBT community
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TPAN moving offices from Edgewater to Uptown
The Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) and Positively Aware will be relocating from their location in Edgewater to a new, bigger space a few blocks south in the Uptown neighborhood.
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Center on Halsted observes National Gay Men's HIV and AIDS Awareness Day with free testing
In support of National Gay Men's HIV and AIDS Awareness Day, Center on Halsted's HIV services team is providing free, onsite rapid walk-in HIV testing and linkage to care and other supportive services on Thursday., Sept.
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No adverse effects in volunteers following Phase I clinical trial of Sumagen AIDS vaccine
Sumagen Canada Inc and Western University announced today that the Phase I Clinical Trial (SAV CT 01) of the first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus (SAV001-H) has been
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Anderson Cooper puts Pat Robertson on 'Ridiculist' over anti-gay comments
Televangelist Pat Robertson's latest anti-gay comments have landed him on Anderson Cooper's "Ridiculist."
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82 lawmakers ask Obama administration to lift gay blood ban
81 Democrats and 1 Republican are calling on the Obama administration to lift its ban on gay men donating blood.
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Quigley continues leading efforts to revise discriminatory blood donation policy
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL), U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago awarded grant to assist on healthcare changes
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is proud to be among the 44 organizations, selected by the Quinn administration, to participate in the Affordable Care Act In-Person Counselor Grant Program (IPC Grant Program), desig
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Nation's first LGBTQ clinical psychology internship launched at Center
The nation's first clinical psychology internship track focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) health will launch this fall here in Chicago.
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Hundreds ride and raise money for HIV/AIDS services this weekend
Ride for AIDS Chicago (RFAC), a two-day, 200-mile bicycling event produced by Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN), is this Sat., June 13 and Sun. June 14.
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HRC survey on top care for LGBTs includes nine Illinois facilities
The Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) 2013 report, an annual survey published by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has awarded nine Illinois facilities top marks for their policies and practices related to LGBT patients and
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Today is National HIV Testing Day
Thursday, June 27 is the eighth National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), a day dedicated to encouraging people to get tested for HIV.
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'Ex-Gay' group apologizes to LGBT community, shuts down
Exodus International, the Christian ministry that worked to "cure" homosexuality, issued an unexpected apology to the LGBT community for "years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the chu
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Hollendoner appointed First Deputy Commissioner of Health
This week, Chicago Public Health Commissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D., announced the appointment of Joe Hollendoner as First Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), effective July 8, 2013.
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Etheridge calls Jolie's mastectomy choice 'fearful,' not 'brave'
Lesbian singer Melissa Etheridge, who is a breast cancer survivor, said she doesn't agree with Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.
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Il Lottery "Spread the Word" game to support HIV/AIDS causes
This week the Illinois Lottery, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Public Health and a host of Illinois-based HIV/AIDS advocates, launched Spread the Word – a lottery game where 100 percent of net proceeds ar
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Illinois General Assembly votes to repeal HIV school notification law
Late Thursday, the Illinois Senate passed HB 61, which repeals a 1987 law that requires Illinois health departments to report elementary school students' HIV status if tested positive.
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CDPH: Meningococcal disease case reported in Chicago
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has reported a single case of meningococcal disease in a man, known to be a gay resident of Chicago, similar to those reported among gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles and
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HBHC's Broadway Youth Center to move
Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) announced on May 22 that several programs and services provided by the Broadway Youth Center (BYC) will begin transitioning from Broadway United Methodist Church (BUMC) to Wellington Ave
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Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill
The Illinois Senate on Friday approved a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes