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Hundreds gathered outside of Saint John's Cathedral in Fresno. Photo: KFSN FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) -- Americans across the country and in the Valley paid tribute to civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. Hundreds gathered outside of Saint John's Cathedral to march through th

Elon LEADS is the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Elon University’s history and supports four main priorities — scholarships to support graduates the world needs, increased access to...

December 1, World Aids Day, was also a day of celebration because a new super weapon was unveiled. “The Love Bus is a preventive mobile health unit. It is meant to meet people where they are, but also where they want to be,” shared Dazon Dixon Diallo, who recognized a growing need in the African American community for health care services in 1989.

The Progress-Index Deirdre Johnson wasn’t interested in dating when she met her ex-boyfriend, but decided to give him a chance anyway. She had dropped out of James Madison University years prior after getting pregnant with her first son, Xayvin, and moved back to Alexandria to live with her parents to support her child. Her relationship with him was traumatic, to say the least. In the relationship, Johnson endured mental, physical and emotional abuse throughout the relationship. If that was...

Virginia is poised to reform its HIV criminalization laws. Is the rest of the U.S. next? Dan Avery © Steve Helber Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during a news conference in the Governors Mansion in Richmond, Va. on Feb. 2, 2019. Virginia lawmakers have approved legislation modernizing laws around HIV exposure. Passed after two versions of the bill were reconciled, the legislation would repeal the felony criminal ban on blood, tissue or organ donation by people with HIV an...

Virginia General Assembly advances bill to modernize HIV laws By Cierra Parks | Capital News Service | February 19, 2021 at 7:43 PM EST - Updated February 22 at 12:06 PM RICHMOND, Va. -- The General Assembly advanced a bill this week that lawmakers say will modernize Virginia’s current HIV laws. The amended measure has passed both chambers, but lawmakers must now accept or work out differences in the bill. Senate Bill 1138, introduced by Sens. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, and Jennifer McClella...

Equality Virginia Executive Director Vee Lamneck on Monday said HIV decriminalization is among their organization's 2021 legislative priorities.