HIV

Randy Rafter is the executive director of Black Pride STL, the second oldest Black gay pride organization in the country. The group began more than 30 years ago during the AIDS epidemic, but has sense evolved and expanded to serve the entirety of a person.

COVID paused prevention efforts, which helped fuel the rise in new infections. Now federal funding cuts threaten to disrupt those efforts again

Last week, the Columbia City Council approved a new $71,000 contract with the state that will expand access to PrEP, a medication that can keep people from getting HIV through sexual contact or injection drug-use.

The Columbia City Council voted Monday to support a fund aimed at increasing HIV screening in mid-Missouri for patients who are at an elevated risk for the disease.

Tony Lutz is 62 and was born and raised in Jefferson City. He spoke about his experiences as a closeted gay man in mid Missouri – during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

In this episode of Behind the Issue, editor-in-chief Katelynn McIlwain spoke with editor Sophia Donis about one of this month's standout stories.

National Black AIDS day was celebrated on the University of Missouri campus Friday with Free HIV testing. The student organization Mizzou Black Men’s…

The University of Missouri Student Health Center offers free sexually transmitted infection testing Wednesday and Thursday as part of an education…

Free HIV/AIDS testing was offered Thursday at MU’s Student Center, as a consortium of campus organizations came together to raise awareness of the…