I spent some time with cultural anthropologist Esther Newton before her sold-out screening for the Palm Springs International Film Festival. And it was such a delight to talk to her about subjects ranging from her passion for dogs to her fight for LGBTQ rights.
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Registration is open for the 2022 DAP Desert AIDS Walk. NBC Palm Springs’ Thalia Hayden and DAP Health spokesperson Steven Henke discuss the theme “WALK, OUT LOUD” and other specifics with supporting this cause.
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“When people shop, donate and volunteer, and also when they receive health care from DAP Indio; it’s a way for us to support a healthier and more vibrant community,” Brinkman said.
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On Saturday, October 30, Desert AIDS Walk will be held in person at Ruth Hardy Park and continue through downtown Palm Springs.
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Fighting a deadly virus is nothing new for Rick Pantelle. He’s been fighting and managing a human immunodeficiency virus for more than 30 years. “You never forget the day that you find out you have H.I.V. And when I found out I had H.I.V.; people were dying every single day”. Pantelle eventually came to terms […]
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In 1984, a group of volunteers founded Desert AIDS project to fight against the HIV epidemic. “It was an opportunity to provide health care to people, bring meals to people’s homes, and fight the isolation they were facing, and connect them with mental health professionals,” said David Brinkman, DAP Health’s CEO. Over the years, the […]
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Desert AIDS Project has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic while ensuring its patients get the care they need. In honor of World Aids Day, Desert Aids Project C.E.O. David Brinkman shares how the organization is preparing for the future. He also mentions how we can all help our community with this NBCares.
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Timothy Ray Brown, the Palm Springs resident who was the first person to be cured of HIV/AIDS has died. Brown’s partner, Tim Hoeffgen, confirmed to NBC Palm Springs that Brown died shortly after 3:00 Tuesday afternoon in their Palm Springs home, not of HIV or AIDS, but of leukemia. Timothy Brown was living in Berlin […]
