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Reps. Ritchie Torres and Mark Pocan sent a letter to the president and Health and Human Services Secretary to learn what the administration is doing to prepare against a potentially worse mpox outbreak.
A new Government Accountability Office report highlights significant flaws in the federal handling of the mpox outbreak, emphasizing the need for a more unified public health response system to tackle future health emergencies better.
A similarly negative GAO report spurred out U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres to introduce legislation overhauling the federal response to future outbreaks.
Almost a decade after DADT ended, the Veterans Administration is still not tracking information on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Office of Special Counsel made this finding in response to a complaint from a conservative group.
Government auditors reminded the Bush administration Thursday that literature distributed by federally funded abstinence programs must contain medically accurate information about condoms' effectiveness in preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
Two U.S. congressmen have sent letters to Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, calling for the State Department to act quickly to rehire language-qualified soldiers dismissed from the armed services because they are gay.
The Army discharged at least 11 soldiers in January for violating the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, according to stats released by DADT opponent and Virginia Rep. Jim Moran.
People at high risk, including gay and bisexual men, should get vaccinated, the agency advises.
Parents who adopt normally qualify for a one-time credit of more than $13,000. But the IRS sometimes refused applications from same-sex couples when one partner is adopting the other's biological child.
Democratic congressman Marty Meehan of Massachusetts said on Wednesday that he will reintroduce a bill to repeal the military's ban on openly gay soldiers.
The threat of a virus that causes painful lesions is back.
The congresswoman wants to know what's being done to ensure that the LGBTQ+ community doesn't bear the full burden of the MPV outbreak.
Some Congressional members are considering repealing part of the Defense of Marriage Act, allowing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages.
