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SF health department reports September mpox spike

October 13, 2023

San Francisco saw an uptick in mpox cases last month, according to the city's Department of Public Health.

CDC issues first doxyPEP guidelines for STI prevention

by Liz Highleyman
Oct 4, 2023

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first proposed guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections, an approach known as doxyPEP.

WellnessLiving Makes Fitness More Accessible to Everybody

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Sep 27, 2023

WellnessLiving makes booking classes, services and equipment simple with its innovative booking feature for specific assets, like bikes. Assets can even be assigned specific categories that only allow certain client types or groups to book them.

B.A.R.'s Bestie balloting begins

by Cynthia Laird
Sep 25, 2023

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.

CDC recommends updated COVID shots for all

by Liz Highleyman
Sep 13, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges all Americans ages 6 months and older to get updated COVID vaccines that more closely match current coronavirus variants.

SF health officials issue advisory after uptick in mpox cases

by John Ferrannini
Aug 30, 2023

The San Francisco Department of Public Health issued a health advisory about mpox August 30 after seeing an uptick in cases among residents.

Long-term HIV survivors fighting for their lives all over again

by John Ferrannini
Aug 16, 2023

The fight against the HIV epidemic has seen a number of good milestones lately — the World Health Organization reaffirmed that those who consistently take antiretroviral treatment and maintain undetectable viral loads don't transmit the virus during sex.

Lesbian Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo tapped to head NIAID

by Liz Highleyman
Aug 9, 2023

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a world-acclaimed expert on HIV and sexually transmitted infections, has been chosen to head the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, replacing Dr. Anthony Fauci.

LGBTQ Agenda: SF health officials respond to national syphilis drug shortage

by John Ferrannini
Aug 1, 2023

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is responding to news that there is a nationwide shortage of the drug to treat syphilis.

Report: Most people with hep C have not been cured

by Liz Highleyman
Jul 5, 2023

Most Americans diagnosed with hepatitis C have not been treated and cured despite the availability of well-tolerated antiviral therapy for a decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Recent STI plunge may be due to mpox aftermath, experts say

by John Ferrannini
Jun 30, 2023

The three most common sexually transmitted bacterial infections are down, according to public health data — and not just in San Francisco, but nationwide, too.

Don't let mpox be part of your Pride celebration

by Liz Highleyman
Jun 21, 2023

Mpox is at a low ebb in San Francisco, but public health experts caution that the virus has not gone away, and they urge gay and bisexual men to take precautions, including getting both doses of the vaccine.

Compromise may keep PrEP covered, for now, as federal court case proceeds

by John Ferrannini
Jun 14, 2023

A potential compromise would keep PrEP covered by insurers and employers as a case that would overrule federal protection for HIV preventative care moves through the courts.

New HIV cases decline, CDC report says

by Liz Highleyman
May 24, 2023

Annual new HIV infections in the U.S. fell by 12% in recent years, with the greatest declines seen among young gay and bisexual men and people in the South, according to the latest HIV surveillance report from the CDC.

Reactions mixed as FDA further opens up blood donation to gay, bi men

by John Ferrannini
May 11, 2023

The United States Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it finalized new blood donation guidance will allow gay and bisexual men in sexually monogamous relationships to donate blood — but not if they are on PrEP.

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