Charlotte has one of the highest STD rates in the US
Charlotte has one of the highest sexually transmitted disease rates in the nation. According to a new study. Charlotte ranked thirteenth on the list of the top 100 U.S. cities with the highest rates of STDs, with 1,012 cases per 100,000 people in the city over the last year. The cities were ranked in a…
Volunteers needed for buddy program
by Dale J. Pierce, Executive Director, Dudley’s Place Our family here at Dudley’s Place has gained yet another member, so please join us in welcoming Brodderick Roary, Director of Special Populations, to our team! Brodderick has been working in Public Health for more than 15 years. He will oversee special projects, and development, support the Ryan…
Unapologetically Positive: a young man makes his dreams come true
Linton Walker is 35 years old. He came out at the age of 21 and was diagnosed just a year later as HIV-positive at 22. Living in Atlanta in the late 2000s, he says he was unaware of the high level of risk being in a city with such a large LGBTQ community and, he…
FDA moving forward with plan to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood with fewer restrictions
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could soon loosen restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. Until 2015, men who had sex with men were banned from donating blood at all, a policy that began during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. In 2015, the FDA lifted the total ban but said gay…
FDA plans to loosen more restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could soon loosen restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. Until 2015, men who had sex with men were banned from donating blood at all, a policy that began during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. In 2015, the FDA lifted the total ban but said gay…
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