by Mark S. King | Aug 13, 2022 | Gay Life, Monkeypox, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The big picture view of monkeypox in this country has been fraught with heated debate, acrimony, homophobia, and anxious uncertainty about vaccine strategy and distribution. And that’s just on social media. What a breath of fresh air, then, to witness a... 
by Mark S. King | Aug 11, 2022 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis has had a swift, visible ascent at the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which snatched him away from a successful tenure at New York City’s Department of Health after he created the progressive “HIV Status... 
by Mark S. King | Aug 3, 2022 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
If you know anything about me, it’s that I’m not a clinician or researcher. I leave those stories to people who are better qualified. Instead, I view conferences like the international AIDS conference in Montreal (AIDS2022) through the lens of a long-term HIV... 
by Mark S. King | Aug 1, 2022 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
There was something more than the typical passion on display when activists stormed the plenary stage at AIDS2022 today to protest the slow monkeypox response by United States public health officials. The cries of the diverse crowd of protestors were urgent and... 
by Mark S. King | Jul 31, 2022 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
When Jessica Whitbread was twenty years old, her physician told her after her HIV diagnosis that she had maybe twenty years to live. She responded to the news by getting involved with a number of HIV-related causes, including the International Community of Women...
