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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has appointed Cecilia Chung to be the first out transgender person to serve on the city’s Health Commission.

First lady Michelle Obama had Miami elementary school students cheering Monday over a typically contentious dinner topic - vegetables. Even the green ones.

A new government report shows one in eight public swimming pools were shut down two years ago because of dirty water or other problems, like missing safety equipment.

There is no valid scientific reason to deny gay blood donors. The ban stems not from sound health policy, but from outmoded social prejudice--an all too familiar theme when it comes to GLBT equality issues.

A rare form of contagious, drug-resistant tuberculosis has never been seen in the U.S.--until now.

An ambitious plan to test all the adult residents of The Bronx, a borough of New York City, for HIV is proceeding as planned.