Roe v. Wade: Is gay marriage at risk after U.S. Supreme Court leak?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 2022
A leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggesting justices are poised to overturn abortion rights has left LGBTQ+ advocacy groups fearful that same-sex marriage could also be at risk. Queer advocates fear that if Roe v Wade is overturned, this could open the door to legal challenges targeting same-sex marriage and other landmark civil rights rulings.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 2022
A leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggesting justices are poised to overturn abortion rights has left LGBTQ+ advocacy groups fearful that same-sex marriage could also be at risk. Queer advocates fear that if Roe v Wade is overturned, this could open the door to legal challenges targeting same-sex marriage and other landmark civil rights rulings.
Ukraine war shutters HIV clinics, disrupts drug supplies
Thomson Reuters Foundation, March 2022
Infectious disease experts say the Russian invasion of Ukraine could unleash a public health crisis both in Ukraine and in Europe in HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and opioid use disorder. Until the war began, Ukraine was the rare success story in battling HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which is the only region in the world to see a substantial recent increase in HIV transmissions.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, March 2022
Infectious disease experts say the Russian invasion of Ukraine could unleash a public health crisis both in Ukraine and in Europe in HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and opioid use disorder. Until the war began, Ukraine was the rare success story in battling HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which is the only region in the world to see a substantial recent increase in HIV transmissions.
Trans U.S. seniors fear bleak future in residential care
Thomson Reuters Foundation, February 2022
As the first substantial generation of people living openly as transgender reaches old age in Western countries, LGBTQ+ advocates say care systems are woefully unprepared. Ties with family members have often ruptured over their gender identity and many struggle to find and maintain well-paid jobs during their working lives, limiting their care options in old age. Only a handful of nonprofits are trying to plug the gaps in caring for elderly trans people.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, February 2022
As the first substantial generation of people living openly as transgender reaches old age in Western countries, LGBTQ+ advocates say care systems are woefully unprepared. Ties with family members have often ruptured over their gender identity and many struggle to find and maintain well-paid jobs during their working lives, limiting their care options in old age. Only a handful of nonprofits are trying to plug the gaps in caring for elderly trans people.
NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19's impact on people living with HIV
Thomson Reuters Foundation, October 2021
HIV professionals battling to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic have been adopting innovations - from mailing out prescriptions to scaling up self-testing and video consultations. Their creative approach appears to have helped buck forecasts for a plunge in global HIV treatment rates, though international organisations say the coronavirus has still dealt a blow to the global fight against HIV.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, October 2021
HIV professionals battling to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic have been adopting innovations - from mailing out prescriptions to scaling up self-testing and video consultations. Their creative approach appears to have helped buck forecasts for a plunge in global HIV treatment rates, though international organisations say the coronavirus has still dealt a blow to the global fight against HIV.