HIVE in the Media

Women Of Color Speak Out Against The Whitewashing Of Reproductive Justice

Women Of Color Speak Out Against The Whitewashing Of Reproductive Justice

Recently, the New York Times published a feature about the racial and generational divide in the reproductive health and justice movements. The article focused on the ways in which Black and Brown women and non-binary people are excluded from prevailing narratives around the fight to protect Roe, while ignoring the very urgent and intersecting issues that affect their lives. I was one of the women interviewed and, after the piece was published, I found that much of the backlash was defensive; many people painted me and the young women of color interviewed as out of touch with the feminist movement, instead of embracing the opportunity in intersectional approaches.

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The Asian American Reply to Pandemic-Era Racism Must Be Cross-Racial Solidarity

The Asian American Reply to Pandemic-Era Racism Must Be Cross-Racial Solidarity

Violence against Asian Americans and Asian immigrants has surged in response to COVID-19. Anti-Chinese rhetoric and racist misinformation spews from the top leaders of the U.S. as Asian communities are vilified as scapegoats for Trump?s ?Chinese virus.? Racial health inequities, leading to disproportionate deaths in communities of color, intensify with each passing day. All of this is occurring amid a backdrop of pre-existing structurally racist policies fueling and deepening public health crises, including the state-sanctioned police violence which continues to terrorize and Black lives every day, with the recent examples being the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd.

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Doctors Press F.D.A. to Let More Gay Men Donate Blood

Doctors Press F.D.A. to Let More Gay Men Donate Blood

More than 500 doctors, researchers and public health specialists are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to eliminate constraints on blood donations by gay and bisexual men, saying the agency did not go far enough when it relaxed its restrictions earlier this month.

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During the COVID-19 Crisis, Abortion Access Must be Considered ?Essential?

During the COVID-19 Crisis, Abortion Access Must be Considered ?Essential?

In an effort to protect patients and staff from exposure to COVID-19, and to conserve critical equipment and supplies, the U.S. Surgeon General and American College of Surgeons have recommended restrictions or eliminations on ?elective? surgeries.
But abortion rights advocates fear this declaration may adversely impact abortion access.

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HIVE Rise Up

HIVE Rise Up

Recent data reveals that San Francisco refers Black and Latino families to Child Protective Services (CPS) custody at a higher rate than Caucasian families. In the city of San Francisco, there are 208 allegations of child maltreatment per 1,000 children?with many referrals originating at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (SFGH). SFGH is the largest safety-net hospital in the area and about 1,000 babies are born there every year. Currently, there is no protocol in place within the hospital to provide guidance to clinicians or social workers around involving CPS in a patient?s case. Furthermore, there is no mechanism for departmental oversight of referrals to CPS and many patients perceive bias and racism to be at play in their CPS referrals.

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Abolish Race-Based Medicine

Abolish Race-Based Medicine

In October, estimated GFR (eGFR) reporting was modified by the laboratory at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Whereas previously eGFR was reported as two separate values i.e. “if African American” or “if non African American,” these two values are now reported as a range with the clinical note: “Patients with more muscle mass and better nutritional status are more likely to be on the higher end of this range.” This change was made in an effort to reduce medical errors and improve health equity at our hospital and affiliated clinics.

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Can PrEP on Demand for HIV Prevention Work in the U.S.?

Can PrEP on Demand for HIV Prevention Work in the U.S.?

Participants in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trial comparing TDF/FTC (Truvada) with a look-alike dummy pill aimed to take two pills 2 to 24 hours before sex, one pill 24 hours after the first two pills, and one pill 24 hours after the third pill.

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Family planning providers’ role in offering PrEP to women.

Family planning clinics provide key access points for many women to learn about and obtain PrEP. By incorporating PrEP services into family planning care, family planning providers have the opportunity to meet women’s expectations, ensure women are aware of and offered comprehensive HIV prevention options, and reverse emerging disparities in PrEP access.

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A&U: PrEP Champions

A&U: PrEP Champions

In a Rare Series of Candid Conversations, Three Women of Color Open Up About Their Decisions to Take PrEP, the Challenges They Faced Along the Way, and the Impact Their Stories are Having in Their Communities.

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US News: How to Safely Conceive When a Partner Is Living With HIV

US News: How to Safely Conceive When a Partner Is Living With HIV

Today, for people living with HIV, treatment of the virus that causes AIDS with antiretroviral therapy allows individuals to live longer, healthier and fuller lives. Among mixed status, or serodifferent, couples ? where one partner has HIV and the other does not ? suppression of the virus also prevents transmission.
In fact, a recent CDC report published this month notes that three multinational studies following about 3,000 sexually active mixed status couples over many years ? where the partner living with HIV was virologically suppressed by ART, and condoms weren?t used ? found no cases of transmission of the virus to the partner who didn?t have HIV.

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AAHIVM: HIV & Conception

AAHIVM: HIV & Conception

Confused by the CDC’s new MMWR? You are not alone. Experts say Treatment as Prevention (TasP), PrEP, and sperm washing are each safe stand-alone safer conception options. Thank you to AAHIVM for promoting science-based reproductive options! #HIVLoveWins #UequalsU

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HIV.gov: Advice from Digital Thought Leaders

HIV.gov: Advice from Digital Thought Leaders

Many know that digital tools have become indispensable for connecting with many audiences?but we also know that what?s available in the digital realm is always changing. So how do you know what tools are best for your purpose? And how do you plan for your organization?s digital future when the pace of change is so rapid? Recently, we asked colleagues what advice they would give for developing a digital media strategy.

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Teen Vogue: Women Are Helping Fight AIDS during the AIDS/LifeCycle

Teen Vogue: Women Are Helping Fight AIDS during the AIDS/LifeCycle

For Caroline Watson, it’s that fear and misinformation that’s spurring her ride. Caroline, who works at a nonprofit that focuses on advancing reproductive and sexual wellness for people with HIV, is riding for her friend, Ryan, who recently began taking medication to treat the illness.

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hello gorgeous

hello gorgeous

HIVE Director Shannon Weber featured in Dutch glossy magazine hello gorgeous!

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HuffPo: Transmasculinity: Sexual Health & HIV Prevention

HuffPo: Transmasculinity: Sexual Health & HIV Prevention

The HIV justice movement has radical roots. Advocacy, activism and sexual rights birthed this movement that was once about how larger structural systems affect people?s lives and sometimes, lead to their death. Today, on the other hand, transphobia, misogyny, racism and anti-blackness are well and alive within the world of HIV treatment and prevention. This has resulted in marginalized communities (African Americans, Latinos, trans women, cis and trans men who have sex with men/MSM) experiencing high rates of HIV.

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HuffPo: Ending AIDS: Frameworks for Getting to Zero

HuffPo: Ending AIDS: Frameworks for Getting to Zero

Three existing initiatives, New York State?s End AIDS NY 2020, Washington State?s End AIDS Washington, and the City of San Francisco?s Getting to Zero SF, gathered in conversation to discuss similarities and differences in their approaches as well as spark dialogue with other jurisdictions contemplating their own initiatives. Here is some of what was discovered.

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HuffPo: Making PrEP Possible for Youth

HuffPo: Making PrEP Possible for Youth

?PrEP is something revolutionary for everyone, but essential for gay and bisexual youth; so many [young people] are exposed to STIs and HIV simply due to lack of information about PrEP. ?A pill a day will keep HIV away?, I like to tell my friends.”

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HuffPo: Drumbeats, HIV and Walking Toward the Light

HuffPo: Drumbeats, HIV and Walking Toward the Light

The focus group conversations gripped me. I could not sleep at night, wrestling with the stories of trauma, shame and guilt the men shared. As the stories rattled me and the focus group participants, a new narrative began to unfold: reclaiming an old story of HIV to creating a new horizon of possibility and hope.

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