Bill Keeton, Vivent Health’s Chief Advocacy Officer, talks with WPR about Milwaukee’s HOPE Kit harm reduction initiative that puts Narcan in the hands of more first responders to…
Vivent Health is proud to partner with PrideFest Milwaukee to keep the heart and soul of the AIDS Walk alive. Read the Article
Matt Pagnotti, state and local government relations director at Vivent Health, shared with the Denver Post on the Senate Bill 23-195 in Colorado. Read the Article
The Texas Legislature just passed SB14, another disgraceful attack on the rights of trans youth in Texas. This legislation will forcibly remove kids from best practice medical care simply…
As part of Medium’s series about “Heroes Of The Addiction Crisis,” Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer Bill Keeton met with Medium to discuss how Vivent Health is…
Brandon Hill, Interim CEO & President of Vivent Health, shared with St. Louis Post-Dispatch that “the legislation prevents people from accessing life-saving care and reinforces prejudices that lead…
#ViventHealth Chief Advocacy Officer Bill Keeton interviewed with Andrea Williams at #TMJ4 on National Fentanyl Awareness Day, talking about reducing harm when using drugs, having access to Narcan,…
Vivent Health Chief Advocacy Officer Bill Keeton interviewed with Jenna Wells with #CBS58 to discuss the resources #ViventHealth offers to assist with harm reduction efforts. Watch the Interview
Vivent Health Chief Medical Officer Leslie Cockerham, MD, MAS spoke with The Kansas City Beacon on the future of medical care in Missouri regarding gender-affirming care. Read the…
#ViventHealth Interim President and CEO Brandon Hill spoke with NbcNews NOW during #HallieJacksonNOW on the latest AG ruling in Missouri and the temporary hold from St. Louis County…
#ViventHealth Vice President of Operations Tawnya Brown, serving in our #STL clinic, meets with KSDK – 5 On Your Side News Political Editor Mark Maxwell to discuss the…
#ViventHealth Interim President and CEO Brandon Hill interviewed with NPR to discuss the latest ruling in #Missouri targeting the #transgender community – this ruling becomes effective as of…
Vivent Health Interim President and CEO Brandon Hill met with STL Public Radio to discuss Missouri’s new ruling and how these rules restricting transgender-related health care will affect…
WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee’s NPR interviewed #ViventHealth VP and Chief Advocacy Officer Bill Keeton on the latest FDA approval for Narcan over-the-counter accessibility. Watch the Interview
Our Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer Bill Keeton met with CBS58 News to discuss the latest FDA approval for over-the-counter access to #Narcan, as well as how…
Vivent Health celebrates the recent passage of legislation by the Missouri General Assembly decriminalizing the use and distribution of fentanyl test strips. People can now use these strips…
Today’s passage of legislation by the Missouri Legislature, with the support of Governor Mike Parson, is a shameful and harmful attack on the health and well-being of transgender…
Vivent Health is excited by the recent passage of SB23-195 in Colorado. Health insurance companies have increasingly used “copay accumulator” policies to boost profits at the expense of…
Vivent Health is disappointed that a Colorado Senate Committee recently rejected HB23-1202, legislation that would’ve allowed cities in Colorado to choose whether to authorize overdose prevention centers (OPCs,…
Later this week, the Texas House of Representatives is scheduled to debate SB14, a dangerous bill that would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming care to trans youth and…
Vivent Health applauds St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo for temporarily blocking the Missouri Attorney General’s emergency rule that would restrict access to gender-affirming health care to…
Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued a misguided, unjust, and harmful new state directive last week that would severely restrict gender-affirming care for both adults and minors…
On February 26, Cashay Henderson was found dead with a gunshot wound after a fire in a Milwaukee apartment building. Police are treating it as a homicide. Cashay’s…
The Windy City Times highlights the recently announced plans for TPAN to merge with Vivent Health. Read the Article
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2023 Media Contact: Cindy Cooper Cindy.Cooper@viventhealth.org (414) 704-7190 VIVENT HEALTH AND TPAN ANNOUNCE PLANS TO MERGE TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIV CARE…
On this World AIDS Day, over 40 years since the start of the HIV epidemic, I am humbled and honored to lead an organization that stands on the…
Our VPO for Texas and Colorado James Greer talked with the Austin American-Statesman to educate about the coordinated care at Vivent Health, grant distribution support from St. David’s Foundation, as well as the…
Director of Prevention Services in our St. Louis Vivent Health Clinic Jon interviewed with KDSK – 5 On Your Side to discuss the importance of routine testing and being…
Regina Allen was shot and killed on August 29, becoming the third Black transgender woman to be murdered in Milwaukee in the last ten weeks, and at least…
Vivent Health is alarmed and disappointed by Wednesday’s ruling by a federal court in Texas that a provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring businesses to provide health…
New Clinic Will Relocate Near the Milwaukee Bucks’ Deer District and Serve an Additional 1,000 Patients. Vivent Health, a nationally recognized leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS…
Hill brings experience as community-based health care leader and HIV researcher to Vivent Health Vivent Health is pleased to announce the addition of Brandon J. Hill, Ph.D.,…
Vivent Health is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Leslie Cockerham, M.A.S., to Chief Medical Officer. She was most recently Vice President of Medical Affairs for Vivent…
The LGBTQIA+ community is under attack on so many levels. There has been no declaration of hostilities, as in a conventional war. But the hostility is plainly evident,…
VIVENT HEALTH PARTNERS WITH ASPIRUS HEALTH FOUNDATION TO PREVENT OPIOID OVERDOSE IN MARATHON COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES Grant awarded to fund Naloxone and Naloxone Administration Trainings Milwaukee, WI…
Few issues in modern America are more divisive than that of abortion rights. Amidst that division, we need to understand what this ruling will mean. Today’s ruling will…
At Vivent Health, we value people regardless of the color of their skin, whom they love, where they live, their gender identity or how much or little money…
MEDIA CONTACT: Cindy Cooper 414-704-7190 Cindy.Cooper@ViventHealth.org Vivent Health Opens State-of-the-Art HIV Health Clinic in Austin New Location Offers Patients Expanded Services, Greater Access Austin, TX; May 16, 2022…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vivent Health recognized for its impact in closing equity gaps for LGBTQ+ people MILWAUKEE, WI — Today, Vivent Health announced it received a top score…
The Big Think newsletter recently published a profile of the ambitious goal of bringing the number of new HIV cases in St. Louis to zero by 2030. Vivent…
On World AIDS Day 2021, WTMJ Radio AM 620 conducted an air interview with Vivent Health Chief Advocacy Officer Bill Keaton. In the interview, Bill speaks to the…
During a radio interview on World AIDS Day, Senator Ron Johnson made a number of broad and insensitive statements about the AIDS epidemic dating back to the 1980’s.…
As our nation continues to struggle with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and comes to grips with a history of injustice toward African Americans, Latinx, people of other races,…
How do we combat systemic racism in health care? There’s a very real and urgent need to address the racial disparities so prevalent in our current system.
A year after the Jacob Blake shooting, the urgent call for social justice remains. Here are our reflections on what we’ve learned, especially in Wisconsin, and the miles…
Wondering how we can end HIV? The conversation starts with ending LGBTQIA stigma and having vital conversations about LGBTQIA rights and equality. The Missouri Non-Discrimination Act (MONA) is…
The nation's overdose crisis continues to worsen. However, there are some harm reduction techniques and steps we call all take to help alleviate the risks associated with opioid…
The Vivent Home Model of Care presents an alternative health care approach that addresses many of the shortfalls in our national health care system. Here’s why doing the…
As we approach World AIDS Day, we honor four decades of resilience in the face of this illness. Reflecting on the lessons we’ve learned so far, it’s evident…
Welcome news arrived recently with full FDA approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. The final word is in—it is safe, it is effective, it saves lives. Period. We…
Juneteenth provides an opportunity as a nation to come together to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and celebrate their achievements and resilience in the face of…
The senseless murder of George Floyd a year ago forced us into a long overdue face-to-face reckoning with centuries of racism. Whether you feel hope in the guilty…
Gift will increase access to quality dental services and health outcomes for people living with HIV in St. Louis Vivent Health announced today that they are the recipient…
Transition enhances and expands services for people at risk for and living with HIV/AIDS in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO—May 3, 2021—Vivent Health is pleased to announce its…
Vivent Health is expanding services for people at risk for and living with HIV in Austin. Vivent Pharmacy, a full-service pharmacy specializing in patient-centered HIV care and treatment,…
This recent news on the Affordable Care Act is a cause for celebration for all of us. More than 500,000 people signed up for health insurance coverage during…
Yesterday, the Brooklyn Center police department released the body cam footage of the shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop. The horrifying video makes it abundantly clear:…
The Department of State Health Services came clean this week on the serious crisis facing tens of thousands of Texans living with HIV. The $100 million shortfall in…
Gift will support improving health equity and outcomes for people living with and at-risk for HIV in Eau Claire. Eau Claire, Wisc. – March 22, 2021 – Vivent…
Amidst the emerging and hopeful glimmers of receding Covid-19 new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are we facing even greater challenges? Are we ignoring a more powerful adversary than…
December 1st is World AIDS Day – our annual commemoration of the HIV pandemic, the deadliest public health crisis of the past 40 years. More than 75 million…
These are unprecedented times. All of us at Vivent Health are working at full speed to ensure that the Coronavirus pandemic does not deter us from our mission.…
Legal and public policy advocacy on behalf of people living with and people at-risk for HIV have been critical aspects of our response to the epidemic. From fighting…
Vivent Health is expanding services in the Austin, Texas Area with the merger of Austin Harm Reduction Coalition. Austin Harm Reduction Coalition is an organization that promotes safer…
The end of the current administration and its seemingly unending attacks on the civil rights of all Americans cannot come soon enough. The recently announced plans by the…
Today we have witnessed another unfortunate and unacceptable miscarriage of justice by the public institutions that are supposed to protect and ensure liberty and justice for all of…
Scott and Vivent Health will enhance and expand services for people at risk for and living with HIV. Vivent Health is pleased to announce that today Dr. Mia…
Vivent Health is expanding services in the Denver, Colo. area with the merger of Liver Health Connection on November 30. The organization promotes liver health, educates, and supports…
Today marks the culmination of Transgender Awareness Week, and I encourage everyone to pause and reflect as we remember the far too many transgender lives we have lost…
Gift will support improving health equity and outcomes for people living with HIV in Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisc. – November 9, 2020 – Vivent Health announced today they are…
Vivent Health joins 495 nationwide health care providers earning the designation. Today, Vivent Health announced their “LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation…
August 31, Overdose Awareness Day, a day Vivent Health will always remember. Every day, 128 people in the United States die due to an opioid overdose. In 2019,…
Among the initial responses after the attempted murder of Jacob Blake by a local police officer in Kenosha Wisconsin earlier this week was to wait. Not to rush…
Vivent Health Announces Partnership with National AIDS Memorial Partnership will raise awareness about the history and current state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic June 23, 2020 – Vivent Health announced today a long-term partnership with the National AIDS Memorial, a nonprofit devoted…
Throughout our nation’s history, there have been momentous occasions when the Supreme Court has propelled us further along the long arc of the moral universe towards justice as…
We’ve implemented changes in our facilities to help keep everyone safe. Starting Monday, June 15, 2020, Vivent Health is accepting appointment requests from current and new patients and…
Testing kits are being offered to eligible individuals who reside in Denver, CO, Austin, TX, St. Louis, MO, and throughout Wisconsin. You can order your At-Home HIV Testing…
Haga clic en el enlace para español. Transition enhances and expands services for people at risk for and living with HIV/AIDS in Austin AUSTIN, TX—April 15th, 2020—AIDS Services…
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, Vivent Health has been working diligently to meet the dramatic spike in demand for our food pantry services. This includes adding door-step…
MILWAUKEE – Jan. 17, 2020 – Give BIG Green Bay has chosen Vivent Health as one of 40 charities to benefit from its annual 24-hour online giving event.…
New Name and Brand Highlight Prominent Role in Ending Domestic HIV Epidemic MILWAUKEE—Nov. 20, 2019—The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) today announced it is changing its name…
MILWAUKEE—(October 5, 2019)—Thousands of participants and supporters from across Wisconsin walked, ran and volunteered today at the Summerfest grounds for the 30th Annual AIDS Walk Wisconsin and 5K…
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin announces co-chairs to honor the 30th Anniversary event on 10/5 MILWAUKEE—(August 7, 2019) — New this year, the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin…
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin unveils a PrEP awareness campaign to help combat HIV in communities of color MILWAUKEE—(June 14, 2019) — The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin…
Dr. Vergeront to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd Annual Make A Promise Gala Milwaukee—March 19, 2019—The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) will honor Dr.…
The merger enhances and expands programs and services for people at risk and living with HIV in St. Louis September 27, 2018—Today the AIDS Resource Center announced a…
Denver—June 16, 2018—Rocky Mountain CARES (RMC) has kicked off a mobile HIV prevention program. In an effort to increase HIV testing and PrEP (pre‐exposure prophylaxis) access, RMC recently…
MILWAUKEE—(March 7, 2018)—“The cluster of HIV and syphilis infections reported in Milwaukee is a clarion call for a much greater, coordinated response,” said ARCW President and Chief Executive…