Tag: AIDS

The analysis released Wednesday from the research firm Avalere Health found that only 16 percent of Obamacare's silver plans this year cover all top HIV drug regimensÂ and chargeÂ less than $100 per month per regimen. (AP Photo)

Obamacare plans offer limited access to HIV drugs

Robert King · November 11, 2015 5:05 pm

Nationwide there are nearly 2 million people living with hepatitis B and 3.2 million who have hepatitis C.Â (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Health insurers accused of discrimination

Robert King · October 5, 2015 6:19 pm

"There is evidence that the ... policy is becoming less effective over time," the FDA wrote. "In addition, the policy is perceived by some as discriminatory." (Getty)

Gay men may be allowed to donate blood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 12, 2015 7:43 pm

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's response to the HIV outbreak comes despite his own misgivings about needle exchange programs. (AP Photo)Â

Pence defends needle exchanges to combat Indiana HIV outbreak

Robert King · April 24, 2015 3:44 pm

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has declared a public health emergency late Thursday for a county that has nearly 80 confirmed cases of HIV, all linked to drug abuse. (AP Photo)

Indiana declares public health emergency for HIV outbreak

Robert King · March 27, 2015 2:34 pm

CDC: Black HIV cases twice whites; lack of condom use blamed

CDC: Black HIV cases twice whites; lack of condom use blamed

Paul Bedard · March 25, 2015 3:41 pm

Gay and bisexual men soon may be able to donate blood. (iStock photo)

FDA recommends ending ban on blood donations from gay men

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2014 6:57 pm

Gay and bisexual men soon may be able to donate blood. (iStock photo)

FDA mulls ending ban on gay men donating blood

Sean Higgins · November 29, 2014 6:08 pm

When you Christmas shop online this year, thank John Boehner

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When you Christmas shop online this year, thank John Boehner

Morgan Chalfant · November 11, 2014 6:54 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, July 5, 2012 file photo, people visit the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington. Comparisons between Ebola and AIDS have surfaced in mid-2014 as the Ebola outbreak escalated. But Ebola is not expected to ever be in the same league as AIDS in terms of infections and deaths, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Officials fear Ebola’s on AIDS path; some disagree

Mike Stobbe · October 18, 2014 9:20 am

San Diego man accused of intentional spread of HIV

San Diego man accused of intentional spread of HIV

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 10:19 pm

In this July 22, 2014 photo, AIDS activist Gregg Gonsalves walks outside Grand Central Terminal during a photo session, in New York. In the early 1990s, Gonsalves traveled to Washington to confront, provoke and challenge officials at the Food and Drug Administration. A quarter century later, he still travels to Washington, but with a very different agenda: to defend the FDA. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

AIDS activist takes up a new fight: defending FDA

Matthew Perrone · August 11, 2014 4:54 pm