June 15, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), expressed its continuing bewilderment and disappointment at President Barack Obama’s ongoing silence on HIV/AIDS—most recently noted following his much-anticipated speech earlier today in Chicago delivered to members of the American Medical Association (AMA). President Obama made absolutely no mention whatsoever of AIDS during the 50 minute speech despite the fact that he singled out prevention of costly diseases as a key goal in his overhaul of health care. Read More...
June 12, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will host a press conference and rally Monday, June 15th at 9:00PM at porn impresario Larry Flynt's Hustler/Hollywood Store on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood (8920 Sunset Blvd.) to call for the introduction of landmark California legislation that would require the use of condoms by actors performing in porn videos produced by California's mult-billion doller adult entertainment industry—a mainstay of the San Fernando Valley economy. Read More...
June 11, 2009
After the Los Angeles Times reported today that an actress in the adult entertainment industry recently tested HIV-positive, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) renewed its call for California legislation that would require the use of condoms by actors performing in porn videos produced by California’s multi-billion dollar adult entertainment industry—a mainstay of the San Fernando Valley economy. AHF had previously tried to sponsor similar legislation but had difficulty finding a legislator willing to author and carry the potentially controversial legislation. Read More...
June 11, 2009
It was like a dream come true for 23-year-old Shiraj Ali, a physiotherapist, to become a certified HIV healthcare worker. He was among the first batch of 24 students who Monday graduated as HIV Medics in Asia. Read More...
June 9, 2009
By: Kimi Yoshino
Busloads of gay and lesbian protesters from across California are expected to converge on the state Capitol today to protest more than $80 million in proposed budget cuts to AIDS and HIV programs, a reduction that would wipe out state funding of most prevention, education and surveillance programs that help fight and track the disease. Read More...
June 5, 2009
In an effort to boost AIDS awareness and HIV prevention and testing efforts in some of the hardest hit regions of the United States, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the nation’s largest non-profit AIDS organization, which currently operates the largest community-based HIV testing program in California, will kick off a three week, fourteen-city cross country HIV testing tour in one of its popular AHF/Magic Johnson Mobile HIV Testing Units. Read More...
June 2, 2009
Using Washington, DC’s AIDS epidemic as the lens through which it highlights the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) failure at HIV prevention in the United States, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the nation’s largest AIDS organization, will unveil a provocative print ad, “AIDS is DC’s Katrina,” that will appear on 60 bus shelters on street corners throughout Washington beginning today, June 1st. Read More...
June 2, 2009
After exhausting traditional administrative remedies, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has filed a lawsuit against the State of California’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for breach of contract regarding a dispute over the contractually agreed sharing of cost savings between the state and AHF’s Positive Healthcare, a primary care case management (PCCM) program for people living with AIDS which AHF operates under contract with the state. Read More...
May 28, 2009
15 foot high inflatable muscle man balloon sporting a sash to promote free HIV testing and other AIDS services was stolen under cover of darkness. Read More...
May 22, 2009
These draconian cuts—$170 million in total from the General Fund—will also trigger $322 million in additional lost matching federal and private AIDS dollars. Read More...
