LGBTQ friendly health providers are crucial in reducing health disparities.

An attorney for the southern Indiana town of Clarksville is denying allegations that it revoked a job offer to a prospective police officer because of his HIV diagnosis.

Clarksville police had offered a job to a man who was already working as a volunteer reserve officer but then dropped the offer in 2015 based on his HIV status, the Justice Department said.

The nonprofit will use the $2 million grant to create a program that aims to reduce new infections, increase access to care and promote health equity for young transgender persons of color ages 13 to 34.

Dr. Jerome Adams says he is concerned about the potential for another HIV outbreak in southeast Indiana now that Scott County has closed its needle exchange.

A new program to address a rising number of new HIV cases among young people will also be youth led.

The program will provide tenant-based rental assistance, short-term rent, mortgage and utility assistance as well as other supportive services to 212 households each year.

A local resource center for HIV care and prevention received a $2.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to increase outreach and service to the Latinx community.

The harm reduction initiative from Damien Center is in partnership with the Marion County Public Health Department.

Sheila Muhammad tested positive for HIV more than 30 years ago and her life quickly changed. But as the years passed, attitudes and treatments of HIV changed. Muhammad spoke with Side Effects Public Media about the power in education and understanding of the virus.