OpinionAugust 18, 2022
Monkeypox Is a Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Knowing That Can Help Protect People
In the U.S., Black and Latino men who have sex with men are most vulnerable to monkeypox
Stories by Steven W. Thrasher
Steven W. Thrasher is a professor at Northwestern University in the Medill School of Journalism and the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. He is author of the forthcoming book The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. Follow Thrasher on Twitter @thrasherxy
OpinionJune 9, 2022
Blaming Gay Men for Monkeypox Will Harm Everyone
Lessons from HIV/AIDS and SARS-CoV-2/COVID for harm reduction
OpinionFebruary 10, 2022
There Is Nothing Normal about One Million People Dead from COVID
Mass media and policy makers are pushing for a return to pre-COVID times while trying to normalize a staggering death toll
OpinionDecember 1, 2021
Why COVID Deaths Have Surpassed AIDS Deaths in the U.S.
On World AIDS Day, why global COVID deaths are a fraction of global AIDS deaths
OpinionMay 10, 2021
It’s Time to Reevaluate How We Talk about COVID Risk
It exists on a spectrum, and pretending activities are either deadly or risk-free helps no one
OpinionApril 7, 2021
Global Vaccine Equity Is Much More Important Than ‘Vaccine Passports’
We need to suppress the level of SARS-CoV-2 in as many humans as possible as quickly as possible
OpinionMarch 4, 2021
Andrew Cuomo Should Resign
The sexual harassment charges are bad enough, but the man the media crowned “America’s governor” last year needlessly let thousands of New Yorkers die from COVID
OpinionFebruary 2, 2021
If You’ve Been Working from Home, Please Wait for Your Vaccine
You can’t ethically go ahead of the very people who made it possible for you to do so—at great personal risk
OpinionDecember 1, 2020
World AIDS Day Is a Grim Reminder That We Have Many Pandemics Going On
The coronavirus is amplifying racial, class and other disparities, just as HIV has been doing for decades
OpinionNovember 11, 2020
We Finally Have a COVID Strategy
The Biden-Harris plan is vastly better than Trump’s “you’re on your own” approach—but it’s not perfect
OpinionOctober 7, 2020
How Trump Exemplifies Our Ableist Culture
The idea that we must “beat” or “get over” illness helps explain the grotesque carnival we’re now seeing in the White House