From wtxl.com: More than 16,000 Floridians could lose access to life-saving HIV medications under new state rules. NORTHWEST TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed a legal challenge against the Florida Department of Health over changes that could cut thousands off HIV treatment funding. Changes to ADAP could impact more than 16,000 Floridians living…
From Positively Aware: With changes coming March 1, thousands could no longer qualify under tighter income requirements; Biktarvy being dropped in favor of generic drugs Sudden changes announced by the Florida Department of Health (DOH) could leave thousands of Floridians living with HIV scrambling to find new medications and another way to pay for their health…
Big Bend Cares to Expand Support for Tallahassee Families Experiencing Homelessness with $5 Million Grant from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos 32 organizations across the U.S. receive a total of $102.5 million from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund to connect families with housing and hope TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – (December 1, 2025): Big Bend Cares,…
From the Tallahassee Democrat: In 2025, HIV is no longer a death sentence, but that wasn’t the case when Big Bend Cares began this work 40 years ago in 1985. Thanks to medical advances and comprehensive care, people living with HIV can live long, healthy lives. Yet here in our community, HIV/AIDS remains a significant…
From the Tallahassee Democrat: Big Bend Cares began at a time when fear and stigma latched on to a vicious disease that bore the misnomer as “the gay man’s disease.” The AIDS epidemic stole the lives of more than 100,000 U.S. residents in the 1980s and deaths soared to nearly half a million by the…
From The Body Pro: Health care providers have long worried about patients turning to Dr. Google for medical advice, fearing the reliability of the answers they find online. Now, a new issue is emerging: the rise of AI chatbots like ChatGPT, which can provide quick medical answers but sometimes deliver misinformation with an air of…
From Health News Florida: The number of HIV patients in Florida has steadily climbed over the past five years. During HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, professionals are spreading the word about risks and care access. December is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, and health advocates across the state and country are educating the public on the various treatment and…
From hivjusticeworldwide.org: HIV criminalisation describes the unjust application of criminal law to people living with HIV based solely on their HIV status. This includes the use of HIV-specific criminal statutes or general criminal laws to prosecute people living with HIV for unintentional HIV transmission, perceived or potential HIV exposure, and/or non-disclosure of known HIV-positive status.…
From aidsmap.com: A CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy known as EBT-101 was not associated with serious adverse effects in the first three treated study participants, researchers reported last week at the European Society for Gene & Cell Therapy annual meeting in Brussels. The presentation, however, was devoid of any data about whether the treatment works to control…
From pbs.org: Nationwide, an estimated 1.2 million people are eligible to receive medication that can prevent the spread of life-threatening HIV infection. But only roughly a third of those eligible are currently accessing preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, which is seen as key to eventually ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. A set of…