Empath Health Media and Public Relations

Florida will receive $10.61 million in funding to expand HIV infection prevention and treatment efforts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. EPIC’s Executive Director Joy Winheim is featured in a Tampa Bay Times story about the CDC’s new initiative...

It's the perfect timing for the EPIC Sexual Health Center to open in the Tampa Bay area. Florida reported that nearly 4,400 people tested positive for HIV in 2019, more new diagnoses than any other state, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The figure is based on the...

COVID-19 isn’t the only potentially deadly disease on the rise in Florida. The Sunshine State leads the nation in new HIV cases and ranks third in overall infection rates. Like the coronavirus, HIV is preventable — and deaths are unnecessary — with ongoing public...

EPIC welcomed supporters to the grand opening of its new sexual health center July 23, the organization’s freestanding facility specializing in sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment. Read more.

An estimated 1.2 million people have HIV in the U.S. About 1 in 7 of them don’t know they have the virus. Susan Finkelstein registered nurse and medical education services manager for the EPIC Sexual Health Center speaks with WUSF Public Media on the services...

This year’s masquerade will return to the site of its last outing, the 2,880-square-foot Tampa River Center at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. While organizers promise “a fantastic night of music, dancing, cocktails, bites, auction, friendship and philanthropy,” only...