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Acting New York State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald is encouraging folks at risk of mpox to get the two-dose vaccine.

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New York launches mpox vaccination campaign

By Matt Tracy

The antibiotic doxycycline could potentially be used to combat against sexually transmitted infections among gay men and trans women.

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Research shows antibiotic could prevent STIs among gay men, trans women

By Matt Tracy

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Op-Ed | As federal court ruling threatens ACA, now is the time for New York to increase access to PrEP

$\Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 28, 2023.$

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Missouri to limit gender-affirming care for minors, adults

By Summer Ballentine and Heather Hollingsworth, AP

Congressmember Adriano Espaillat cuts the ribbon at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan on April 12.

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H+H opens Pride Health Center at Metropolitan Hospital

By Matt Tracy

Charlie Draughn, of Chisago, Minnesota, speaks at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier, on Friday March 31, 2023. Draugh, who attends boarding school in Vermont, said he was angry that groups are trying to control his life and turn him into something he is not.

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Anti-trans laws imperil gender-affirming care for 140k+ youth

By Matt Tracy

The scene in the Village during Pride Sunday in 2021.

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New York State LGBTQ survey reveals demographic trends, health disparities

By Matt Tracy

Artist Niccolo Cosme curated a photo series in an effort to advocate for just and equitable HIV/AIDS care.

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Filipino HIV/AIDS advocate’s art series uses HIV-positive blood for awareness

By Rohan Zhou-Lee

The panelists as seen during a discussion about the recent federal court ruling's impact on the Affordable Care Act's preventative care requirements.

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New York leaders warn ACA preventative care ruling threatens access to care

By Matt Tracy

Advocates and State Senator Robert Jackson urge Governor Kathy Hochul against imposing changes to 340B, a federal drug discount program.

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Providers urge state to keep 340B drug discount program intact

By Matt Tracy

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Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

Marchers voicing objection to House Bill 1125 prohibiting transgender-related healthcare in Mississippi for people under the age of 18 walk from the State Capitol to the governor's mansion following a rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Mississippi enacts ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Emily Wagster Pettus, AP

Injectable PrEP, approved by the FDA in 2021 to prevent HIV, now has the backing of the US Preventive Services Task Force.

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Researchers studying injectable PrEP implant administered twice a year

By Matt Tracy

The Idaho Capitol Building.

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Idaho House passes ban on gender-affirming medical care

By Rebecca Boone, AP

Mental Health Youth

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Pandemic youth mental health toll unprecedented, data show

By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer

City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan speaks alongside former New York State Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett (left) and Raj Panjabi, then the coordinator of the White House Pandemic Office (right), at an mpox press conference outside of the city's Harlem clinic last year.

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NYC declares end to mpox outbreak as vaccination campaign continues

By Matt Tracy

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