HIV, harm reduction & substance use services don’t stop for COVID-19
Our staff share experiences delivering sexual health, overdose prevention, harm reduction & substance use counseling during shelter-in-place. Here’s why--and how--we’re providing these essential health services.
What prevents people from accessing PEP in San Francisco?
Because PEP must be started within 72 hours of an HIV exposure, delays in access can have devastating consequences. A new California law could smooth the way for easier access, but COVID-19 is slowing implementation.
¿Debes seguir PrEP si te estás poniendo en cuarentena?
Nuestro equipo de PrEP recomienda seguir con tu rutina de PrEP, aunque no estés teniendo encuentros sexuales con nadie ahora mismo. Consigue apoyo de nosotros si lo necesitas.
Our clinical assistant intern program is training future leaders in healthcare
“It’s important for the program to bring in people who are connected to our priority populations to this work,” said Jeremy Zondlo, who leads the internship program.
With soaring overdose deaths in San Francisco, what more can we do?
Ro Giuliano, director of Syringe Access Services programs & operations, and Laura Thomas, director of harm reduction policy, share how they understand these trends and what we can do in response.
Young artists explore queer history and ancestry through printmaking
Queer Ancestors Project artistic director said that the program, which explores queer and trans people across time and cultures, encourages participants to celebrate queer culture.
Burning or pain when you pee? It might be the STI mycoplasma genitalium
Magnet clinician Jorge Roman, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, AAHIVS, answers questions about this common STI--including when to get tested and what treatment involves.
Our role shaping SF bathhouse regulations–then and now
Joshua O’Neal shares why we’re supporting symbolic and common-sense legislation that will lift the fear-based regulations on bathhouses enacted in 1984.
Trans Voices lifts up incredible talent in the trans community
San Francisco entertainer Pearl Teese, the current guest host and curator of Trans Voices, shares the importance of events that lift up talent in the trans community.
For people with HIV, cannabis use linked to lower rates of cognitive impairment
In a study with nearly 1,000 adults, cognitive functions such as verbal fluency, memory, attention and motor skills were significantly less likely to show signs of impairment in people living with HIV who used cannabis.
Decades after San Francisco closed its gay bathhouses, a new law paves the way for their return
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s legislation will require the San Francisco Department of Public Health to update outdated regulations put in place during the AIDS crisis of the 1980’s
