Health insurance company stops covering Truvada as PrEP

A national health insurance campany has announced that it will no longer cover the drug Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent contracting HIV. The insurance company, Assurant Health, have notified customers who had been taking Truvada (comprising the antiretrovirals tenofovir and emtricitabine) as PrEP, reports POZ.com. The insurer has stated that it would end…

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Inaugural class of RISE Urban Leadership Fellows Program announced

SAN DIEGO, Calif – RISE San Diego announced its 2015 RISE Urban Leadership Fellows at a reception on the University of San Diego (USD) campus May 1. The program, which is delivered in collaboration with the USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES), uses an adaptive leadership approach that requires active engagement and deep…

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LGBT artists pay tribute to #BlackLivesMatter (VIDEO)

San Diego band, Danielle LoPresti and The Masses released a new video Thursday from their  performance at San Diego IndieFest 9 March 28. The performance took place at Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park, directly facing the Mid-City Police Station in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. LoPresti, joined by Minneapolis out singing phenom, Cameron Wright,…

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Oregon to Join California, New Jersey and DC in protecting LGBT youth from conversion therapy

SALEM, Ore. —Today, the Oregon State Senate passed HB 2307, a bill that will protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the State House on March 17 and is now heading to the desk of Gov. Kate Brown who…

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Path2Parenthood launches ‘Family Building Guide’ as an app

NEW YORK — In order to meet heightened demand from a new, younger patient demographic, Path2Parenthood (P2P), formerly known as The American Fertility Association, has made its respected and well-known Family Building Guide available as an app. The Path2Parenthood Family Building Guide has been successfully meeting the needs of hopeful parents for over 20 years. In…

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Still Alice

dvd of the week In her Oscar-winning role, Julianne Moore is Alice Howland, a renowned professor of linguistics at Columbia University, married to a handsome and successful scientist named John (Alec Baldwin), and mother to three children, slightly petulant Ann (Kate Bosworth), bright and handsome Tom (Hunter Parrish) and struggling actress Lydia (Kristen Stewart). When…

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