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Dan Royles associate professor of history at FIU writes in the Conversation.

The US PEPFAR initiative has brought HIV medication to millions of people globally. Behind this progress are the activists that pressured politicians and companies to put patients over patents.

Structural risks including discriminatory country-level policies, prosecutions, and legal barriers might contribute to higher HIV prevalence among MSM. Taken together, these data highlight the importance of decriminalisation and decreasing enforcement, alongside stigma reduction, as central to effective control for HIV.

Many plan to hit the roads with week as meteorologists predict a severe cold hit of cold weather.

After being sworn in as Premier of British Columbia on November 18, 2022, former Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing, David Eby, made swift work of introducing...

City thanks support agencies after Knight’s Hall fire

Whether residents need shelter from intense heat, or emergency personnel need to communicate during disasters, communities must prepare to cope with extreme events like wildfires and floods. Ten projects are helping to ensure that locations within the Columbia Basin are well equipped to do so, with support from Columbia Basin Trust. “Basin residents have emphasized the need

Among other things, the administration is announcing new steps to strengthen PEPFAR, a global effort to fight HIV and AIDS.

Trust helps Basin communities prepare for emergencies

The kitchen fire affected one apartment and was later determined to be caused from boxes accidentally left on top of a hot cooking surface.