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Nearly a quarter reported discrimination when seeking health care, such as not being listened to or treated with respect.

The Health Equity Report Card will help tackle racial and ethnic disparities and improve the quality and equity of cancer care.

This is an improvement from 36% in 2020, notes this year’s State of HIV Stigma Report and survey from GLAAD.

The North Carolina insurer’s policy “will worsen health inequities” for Black and Latino people, claim the discrimination complaints.

Having eased its ban on blood donations from gay and bi men in 2020, the FDA may soon use a questionnaire to assess individual risk.

Lambda Legal, which filed the suit, argues the policy is “discriminatory” and disproportionately affects LGBTQ people and people of color.

The Mississippi-based Tractor Supply Company disclosed an employee’s HIV status and ultimately fired her, alleges the lawsuit.

A grant will fund research to understand the barriers Black people face when trying to quit smoking.

Congress members write to Biden, pushing for the Department of Defense to allow people with HIV and hepatitis B to enlist in the military.

Black women were particularly vulnerable to these brain changes.

Requiring insurers to cover PrEP encourages homosexual behavior, promiscuity and drug use, claims a federal lawsuit by Jonathan Mitchell.

Diversity among health care providers may help combat disparities among Black Alaskans.

An updated Department of Defense policy also affects a recent federal lawsuit filed by a Latino military college student with HIV.

“I Choose Loving” is the theme of the Latino Commission on AIDS’s Week Against Homophobia. Events include online talks and the film “B...

A Latino military college student whose HIV is undetectable sued to end policies “based on outdated science.”

About 1.4 million people are transgender in the U.S. That’s 0.6% of the population. Yet they accounted for 2% of new HIV cases in 2019.