Oct 7, 2025
HIV Prevention (PrEP) The FDA has recently approved a new twice-yearly injectable medication for HIV prevention. This new drug, lenacapavir (brand name YEZTUGO), is designed to be an alternative to daily pills for HIV prevention. Currently two oral medications have...
Oct 6, 2025
Summer Cookout Samaritan hosted our annual Summer cookout on June 4th. We had great weather and a fun crowd. Our many volunteers made it perfect! Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Samaritan Ministry has again received a generous grant from Broadway Cares/Equity fights...
Oct 6, 2025
Recent changes in federal funding are sending shockwaves through the HIV world. Many worry that these cuts will pause the progress that has been made to end this pandemic and open the door to an increase in new infections. The Medical Community Responds The American...
Aug 20, 2024
The QraQuick Rapid HIV At-Home HIV test is available for free from Samaritan Ministry. This test can be administered easily at home with accurate results in 20 minutes. You can order your test here.
Mar 19, 2024
Following a major HIV outbreak in rural Indiana in 2014/15 the CDC conducted a “Vulnerability Study” to identify other counties in the U.S. that had a likelihood of a similar outbreak. Called “County-level Vulnerability to Rapid Dissemination of HIV/HCV Infection...
Mar 19, 2024
The recent issue of Positively Aware outlines a modern view of HIV in 2024. Several of the major points include: Changing our language to provide less stigma and more caring. Continuation of efforts to modernize clinical trials to be more inclusive of women and...
Mar 19, 2024
Sep 6, 2022
The CDC has been reporting on an outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPX or MPV) in the United States. There have been cases in all 50 states, plus DC and Puerto Rico. As of August 29, 18,101 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with MPV. MPV has now been diagnosed in all...
Nov 4, 2021
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Oct 12, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a “Dear Colleague“ letter on October 1 outlining some important decisions that have been made about the ongoing efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Chief among these efforts is an acceleration of the Ending the...
