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Senate votes to expand access to menstrual products, HIV prevention drugs
Bay Staters would gain increased access to menstrual products in schools and other public settings, and pharmacists could distribute short-term supplies of HIV prevention drugs under a pair of bills that won Senate approval Thursday. The Senate unanimously approved the two health care access measures, each of which won the chamber’s backing last year but died without any action...
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A new HIV case has been linked to vampire facials at a New Mexico beauty spa
Former clients of a beauty spa in New Mexico are being urged to get tested for blood-borne infections after a new HIV case was linked to “vampire facials” at the spa.
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FDA Mulls Modifying Controversial Restrictions on Gay and Bisexual Blood Donors That Advocates Call ‘Outdated'
The federal Food and Drug Administration is considering further easing restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men, a long criticized policy that first went into effect during the start of the AIDs pandemic, to focus instead on an individual risk of transmitting HIV....
The change would come as the country faces a continuing national blood shortage brought about by... -
HIV-Positive NYC Woman Becomes First To Get Heart Transplant From Donor Also With HIV
If there is a such thing as an ordinary heart transplant, this was not it. It marked the first time an HIV positive patient received a heart from an HIV positive donor.