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Civil rights, medical groups sue FDA over ‘almost unconscionable’ delay in banning menthol tobacco products

Over a 20-year period, a ban could lower health care costs among all adult smokers by about $1.62 billion, a recent study found.

Threat to Affordable Care Act's Preventive Coverage Puts Public Health at Risk

A federal judge’s ruling in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra. is a deeply flawed decision that flies in the face of sound public health policy, according to the American Medical Association's president.

Exploiting a Health Care Emergency to Restrict Reproductive Rights

It's a shameful power play, writes Julianna S. Gonen of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

PrEP in a Time of Hobby Lobby

In the wake of the Hobby Lobby ruling, gay men may be vulnerable to employers who would attempt to block access to HIV drugs.

The FDAs Lesser Known Insult is a Ban on Gay Sperm Donors

The FDA not only bans gay and bi men from giving blood, they actively discourage them from donating sperm. Will the agency ever change its ways?

Good News for Transgender State Employees in Md.

Just months after the passage of sweeping, statewide nondiscrimination statute protecting transgender people, Maryland announces that trans state employees will no longer face discrimination in insurance.

Trump's 'Conscience Rule' Is a Perversion of Religious Freedom

Protecting homophobic and transphobic doctors is the opposite of divine.

Are These Companies Discriminating Against PrEP Users?

Huge -- and seemingly LGBT-friendly -- insurance companies refuse to sell policies to people taking preventative HIV medication. Why?

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HIV Panic in Florida Is Turning Into a Health Catastrophe

Transmission rates are higher than any other state, and bias-based laws are likely making things worse.

After Three Decades, Our Work to End HIV Isn't Over

ACT UP lays out what the future of HIV/AIDS looks like as we continue to make strides, but still have much work remaining as we enter our fourth decade of fighting. 

The Trump Budget's Effect on HIV: Unimaginably Bad

After years of progress, a careless and cruel president reverses course.

The AIDS Crisis Offers Essential Lessons for Fighting COVID-19

Dr. Rowena Johnston from amfAR outlines how the response to one epidemic could save lives in another.

Another State Ends Discrimination in Trans Health Care

Washington becomes the seventh state to forbid insurance companies from denying health care to transgender citizens.