Health, HIV & Addiction Topics in the LGBTQ+ Community

The FDA's first-ever approval of an at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea could help get the skyrocketing STI epidemic under control in the U.S.

Folx Health, a virtual provider focused on LGBTQ+ health, is now in-network with Cigna, Evernorth and Blue Shield of California. | Until August, Folx operated under a membership model in a lump sum subscription package. It has since been updated to accept insurance as a part of the core membership structure.

Some Southern California insurers have begun offering plans with culturally targeted benefits for Asian Americans, Latinos and LGBTQ+ people.

Speaking authentically to audiences about everyday health conversations

The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for US health care

As an added effort to raise awareness about monkeypox, The White House is tapping GLAAD to collaborate on a monkeypox briefing to be geared towards “a select group of LGBTQ influencers” that can share the information with their followers.

In this conversation recorded for Washington Post Live on Feb. 22, Demetre Daskalakis, a career HIV specialist and advocate currently acting as the deputy coordinator for the White House National Monkeypox Response, speaks about the search for an HIV vaccine, the role stigma plays in viruses propagating and whether eradicating HIV is possible in the near future.

Willam and Jackie Beat have teamed up with MISTR to promote the platform's free PrEP services in the most holly jolly, horny way.

Southern Health NHS has commissioned this new project as part of their commitment to supporting their LGBT colleagues and the population who seek care.

Learn how the AMA Foundation National LGBTQ+ Fellowship Program is working to improve U.S. health equity.

An extra 50,000 vaccine doses will be made available in cities like Atlanta and New Orleans, where Pride celebrations are scheduled later this year.

The proposal would also cover pregnant women seeking health-care services, including abortion.

Medicare is the nation’s health insurance program offered to senior Americans, 65 years or older, typically retired workers who are receiving Social Security, according to lgbtagingcenter.com. For many American seniors, there can be some confusion when it […]

The new guidelines specifically center at-risk sexually active gay and bisexual men and trans women.

An insurer told Michael Fazal he “presents a lifestyle risk for us.” The reason: he’s gay and taking the HIV-prevention drug PrEP.

We need more queer-affirming medical leaders to help combat homophobic and anti-trans legislation — and attitudes — that somehow persist.

During a panel at the 2023 Association of Health Care Journalists conference in St. Louis last month about reporting on LGBTQ+ stories, panelists offered several tips and resources. Here's a summary.

Penn Medicine's hospitals have been honored by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, for its dedication and commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Brad Nations, chief growth officer at FOLX Health, explains how employers can expand the LGBTQ community's access to quality healthcare.

People looking for help in reducing their alcohol and other substance use often turn to 12-step programs. But while research shows that LGBTQ individuals are more likely to struggle with substance use issues than their peers, they also often face barriers to engaging in traditional treatment programs.

LGBTQ virtual care platform Folx Health recently closed a $30 million Series B financing round, bringing the startup's total funding to date to roughly $60 million. The company will use the money to expand its services, including the addition of clinician-led support groups. The first of these support groups will focus on queer fertility and family planning.

Monkeypox infected more than 26,000 Americans. Five men share what the virus has done to their bodies, their families and their finances.

This year’s global monkeypox outbreak has dredged up harsh recollections of the early days of the HIV epidemic, especially for the LGBTQ health activists who lived through that ugly period and its prejudices. Sean Cahill, the director of health policy research for the Fenway Institute, an organization aimed at creating healthier lives for people in…

This is what disparities look like in accessing testing, vaccines and treatment for monkeypox, the latest viral threat hanging over gay life.