SAN DIEGO – Since its FDA approval for use in HIV prevention in July 2012, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is quickly becoming a new way to prevent HIV infection. But what is PrEP? How does it work? And how can you access it? Monday, April 14, at 6 p.m., the UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center…
SAN DIEGO – A 71-year-old ukulele player from La Mesa has hit a high note in cancer care, after recently becoming the first breast cancer patient to complete proton therapy in San Diego County. Anastasia Custis Berkheimer finished her breast cancer treatment at the newly opened Scripps Proton Therapy Center on March 17. Anastasia, who…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has launched a new ad campaign targeting Republican candidates opposed to the American Healthcare Act. The San Diego campaign targets Carl DeMaio, under the headline: DCCC Launches New Campaign: ‘Sick n’ Broke: The Game Carl DeMaio is Playing with Your Health’ From the DCCC press release: As Carl DeMaio continues his efforts to stack…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The City Attorney’s office has won a case filed against the San Diego Police Department for alleged violation of constitutional rights arising out of an arrest under the City’s public nudity ordinance at the 2011 Pride Event. Plaintiff, William X. Walters, alleged that SDPD conspired with Pride organizers to enforce the…
A rape suspect who was arrested in Ocean Beach after two lesbians chased him after hearing a victim screaming has pleaded guilty to two sexual assaults and faces a prison term of 30 years to life. Richard Christopher Butts, 26, and his attorney agreed to accept the long prison term and Butts will be sentenced…
If you love your Pride Card and you’re attached to your mobile device you’ll be head over heels for this announcement: the Pride Card is going digital! Nearly five years after the launch of the Pride Card, a physical key tag similar to ones at Ralphs or Albertsons, you are finally able to access the…
Take me OUT to the ball game! Grab your friends and family because one San Diego’s most fabulously fun outing is about to return. San Diego LGBT Pride’s annual Out at the Park will take place Saturday, April 19, at Petco Park. This sells out every year, and every year it is a BLAST! This…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – EXUSMED™, a corporation offering affordable mobile health care solutions for both patients and providers announced today that they have signed a partnership agreement with San Diego-based health care information technology company Vivace Health Solutions, Inc. Vivace Health Solutions offers a secured cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant electronic medical record system integrated with artificial intelligence…
San Francisco resident and co-founder of Medic Mobile, Josh Nesbit, has joined the Advisory Council of EXUSMED, a new corporation offering affordable mobile health care solutions for both patients and providers. Josh Nesbit will be advising on technology in developing countries and under-served communities. Under Nesbit, Medic Mobile, a non-profit technology company, supports 10,000 community…
Bettie Lois Cain waved goodbye to her girlfriend and friends before she was handcuffed and went to jail after she won a delay in her fraud sentencing. Two attorneys for Cain, 68, of Normal Heights, won the delay in sentencing until April 9, but San Diego Superior Court Judge Charles Gill and the prosecutor expressed…
