Health Brigade, formerly Fan Free Clinic

Urgency and Humanity The city begins distributing free overdose prevention supplies through vending machines.

Richmond now has 24/7 vending machines stocked with naloxone, fentanyl test strips, & hygiene supplies — free for anyone who needs them. 💜 Proud that Health Brigade is part of this life-saving, dignity-centered work.
📰 Read more via Richmond Magazine
#HarmReduction #CareIsResistance

Va.’s failure to protect crucial HIV/AIDS services sets ominous precedent The federal Ryan White Program was created in 1990 as a safety net for low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS. It was an outcome of congressional legislation that passed with bipartisan support, based o...

Va.’s failure to protect crucial HIV/AIDS services sets ominous precedent www.newsfromthestates.com/article/vas-...

RHHD encourages HIV testing for Richmond area residents at risk - www.wric.com/news/local-n...

HIV prevention drug hailed as a 'breakthrough' gets FDA approval A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries?

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The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained What the hell did the Court just do to equal protection law?

The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Medicaid cuts would devastate mental health, substance use treatment services in red states Though behavioral health conditions do not discriminate between Democrats and Republicans, the Medicaid cuts may be particularly damaging for residents of red states.

Medicaid cuts would devastate mental health, substance use treatment services in red states www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/m... via @statnews.com

‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ - KFF Health News A letter signed by more than 300 National Institutes of Health workers — some still working, others who were fired this year — is an extraordinary public rebuke of actions taken under Director Jay Bha...

In an extraordinary public rebuke, career NIH employees wrote to Trump health officials that they feel “compelled to speak up when our leadership prioritizes political momentum over human safety and faithful stewardship of public resources.”
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For trans people on Medicaid, Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" is anything but "They can pry my estrogen from my cold, dead hands.”

For trans people on Medicaid, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is anything but.

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’ Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body A cure for HIV could be a step closer after researchers found a new way to force the virus out of hiding inside human cells. The virus’s ability to conceal itself inside certain white blood cells has been one of the main challenges for scientists looking for a cure. It means there is a reservoir of the HIV in the body, capable of reactivation, that neither the immune system nor drugs can tackle. Continue reading...

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’

‘Care is resistance.' Va. free health clinics strategize survival after state, federal funding cuts • Virginia Mercury Richmond’s Health Brigade considers selling building to counter lost funding and keep offering services to uninsured or underinsured residents

‘Care is resistance.’ Va. free health clinics strategize survival after state, federal funding cuts virginiamercury.com/2025/06/02/c...

A New COVID Variant, NB.1.8.1, Is Starting to Spread in the U.S. What Are Its Symptoms? NB.1.8.1, recently caused surges in China and other parts of Asia. Will cases spike in the US this summer? Here's what we know about the new variant so far.

As of April 26, only 23% of adults had received the (#COVID #vaccine) shot, per the CDC.

“So summer will be a time when the population is sort of ripe for another wave of COVID,” said @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Professor & Virologist @andrewpekosz.bsky.social

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Excellent new paper on the impact of work requirements for SNAP or Medicaid.

In short: it backfires.