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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said the final rule "clarifies protections for people with religious or moral objections while also ensuring access to care for all in keeping with the law.”

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HHS guts Trump’s ‘conscience’ rule, drawing praise from LGBTQ legal groups

By Matt Tracy

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

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Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

Ohio state lawmakers overrode Governor Mike DeWine's veto of anti-LGBTQ legislation that passed last year.

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Ohio House overrides Republican governor’s veto of ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Samanthan Hendrickson, AP/Report for America

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Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo’s biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn

By Jean-Yves Kamale & Maria Cheng, AP

Advocates carry the banner at the 32nd Out of the Darkness World AIDS Day candlelight vigil in 2023.

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Advocates brave the rain at 32nd Out of the Darkness vigil on World AIDS Day

By Donna Aceto

The spire of One World Trade Center lit red for World AIDS Day.

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President Biden, New York electeds commemorate World AIDS Day

By Dashiell Allen

Housing Works' South Slope thrift shop in Brooklyn.

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Housing Works expands virtual food bank program with $300K grant

By Dashiell Allen

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.

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NYC sees uptick in estimated new HIV infections among men who have sex with men

By Duncan Osborne

Vigil participants standing in the shadow of the NYC AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day in 2019.

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Events slated for World AIDS Day in New York City

By Dashiell Allen

Individuals wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in January of 2021.

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Study: COVID setbacks threaten goals in fight against HIV in America

By Dashiell Allen

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UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the first time

By MARIA CHENG, AP

Village Apothecary receives a City Council citation from Councilmember Erik Bottcher of Manhattan.

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Village Apothecary, independent pharmacy specializing in HIV, turns 40

By Heather Cassell

Brad Hoylman-Sigal at a demonstration denouncing anti-LGBTQ appointments by Mayor Eric Adams.

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Hochul signs intersex education and awareness bill

By Dashiell Allen

Presenter Tabytha Gonzalez with "Pose" star Dominique Jackson.

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Callen-Lorde honors Dominique Jackson, Billy Bean, and New York Liberty

By Matt Tracy

A banner promotes a PrEP awareness campaign targeting transgender and gender non-conforming individuals.

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New PrEP awareness campaign targets trans and gender non-conforming New Yorkers

By Matt Tracy

City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan speaks alongside then-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 on July 7, 2022.

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Study finds racial disparities in NYC’s 2022 mpox response

By Dashiell Allen

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