While there are currently 780 confirmed monkeypox cases statewide, Texas cities are bracing for an increase in infections. by Karen Brooks Harper and Joshua Fechte, The Texas Tribune Dallas and Austin officials have declared monkeypox a public health emergency — bids both to get in line for federal funding and to send a message to…
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San Antonio Metropolitan Health District administering limited number of monkeypox vaccinations
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District announced on August 2 that it received 1,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine Jynneos from the Texas Department of State Health Services. As of August 3, 14 cases of monkeypox have been identified in San Antonio. The vaccine has been proven to prevent monkey pox and is approved by the…
HIV-prevention vaccine trial to begin at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
ABC News is reporting that the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonios is one of four medical facilities across the U.S chosen to participate in Phase 1 clinical trials of an HIV mRNA vaccine for the prevention of HIV. Moderna, one of the biotech companies that created vaccines for COVID-19, is teaming…
LGBTQ-inclusive speed-waxing chain LunchboxWax opens first San Antonio location
Idaho-based speed-waxing concept LunchboxWax has opened its first San Antonio salon at the Alon Town Centre on the North Side, offering face and body waxing — and an inclusive and comfortable environment. LunchboxWax is a full-service boutique and speed-waxing salon that trains its employees — called waxologists — in practices designed to make the LGBTQ+…
LGBTQ-inclusive speed-waxing salon to open three San Antonio locations
LunchboxWax, an LGBTQ-inclusive speed-waxing concept, will open a San Antonio location at the Alon Town Centre on the North Side, the first of three outlets planned in the city. The Alon store will open in March 2021. All three locations will be owned by Alamo City native Denise Reetz. “I come from an entrepreneurial family…
LGBTQ Community Organizations Participating in the ‘Big Give’
Six organizations with links to San Antonio’s LGBTQ community are participating in the Big Give, a 24-hour day of online fundraising during which over 600 nonprofits from throughout South Central Texas make an appeal to potential donors. Since 2014, 150,000 donors have given nearly $15 million dollars to over 2,000 nonprofits via the Big Give,…
Two San Antonio Medical Facilities Designated Healthcare Leaders by HRC Foundation
Two San Antonio medical facilities have been been named Healthcare Leaders in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Healthcare Equality Index. The facilities, Metropolitan Methodist Hospital and VA South Texas Health Care System received perfect scores on HRC’s index. A third hospital, the Methodist Hospital located in the Medical Center, received a score of 40.…
Live Oak City Councilman and Husband Die Two Days Apart from Coronavirus
Anthony Brooks, a three-term city councilman in the San Antonio suburb of Live Oak, and Phillip Tsai-Brooks, his husband, died two days apart after contracting the coronavirus. The couple had been married since March of 2014. Brooks, 42, died on April 12 and Tsai-Brooks, 52, died on April 14. Both men were treated at Northeast Methodist…
Over 100 Community Organizations Warn LGBTQ People More Suseptable to Cornavirus
More than 100 organizations around the country have signed an open letter warning that LGBTQ people are at an increased risk to the cornavirus. The letter was initiated by the National LGBT Cancer Network, GMLA Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, Whitman-Walker Health, SAGE, New York Transgender Advocacy Group, and National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance.…
Honest Soul Yoga Offering Free Classes at Pride Center SA
Honest Soul Yoga is offering a free weekly, all-levels class at Pride Center San Antonio. The classes began on January 28 and are held on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. “We are grateful to The Center for inviting us to share yoga in their space. The heart of yoga is unity, and making a connection with…