The World Health Organization reports AIDS drug stock outs in two dozen countries, which threaten access to lifesaving medicines for some 8.3 million people; an additional 73 countries warn WHO …
AHF Praises House Bill to Restore WHO Funding; Grant $10B to Global COVID Fight
WASHINGTON (July 6, 2020) AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today praised the U.S. House of Representative Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs for proposing restoration of U.S. …
Calif. Rent Control Ballot Measure Heads to Voters in Nov.; Campaign Rolls Out 200+ Endorsements
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office today assigned Proposition Number 21 to the Rental Affordability Act (RAA), an initiative that will allow for the expansion of rent control throughout …
AHF: PhRMA Shows No Shame Suing Minnesota to Block Insulin Law
Drug industry trade group files lawsuit against Minnesota law establishing an emergency fund to help people with diabetes access insulin when they exhaust resources WASHINGTON (July 1, 2020) AIDS …
‘Flag for All Mississippians’ and AHF Salute Gov. Reeves for Signing Confederate Flag Bill
As far back as 2015, the Flag for All Mississippians Coalition and others, including AHF, advocated for Mississippi—the only state that still included the Confederate emblem in its flag—to remove …
AHF Labels Gilead ‘War Profiteer’ and ‘Greedy Bastards!’ as Company Prices COVID Drug at $2K to $3K
In May, AIDS Healthcare Foundation demanded that the drug company price remdesivir, the newly approved drug for treating COVID-19—which Gilead had developed years earlier with $70M in government funding as …
AID Atlanta and AHF Praise Georgia on Hate Crimes Act
ATLANTA (June 29, 2020) AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its Georgia affiliate, AID Atlanta, praised the move of the Georgia General Assembly and the state’s governor for swift action to …
AHF to Pull $2M in Facebook Ads Unless CEO Zuckerberg Acts on Hate Postings
World’s largest nonprofit AIDS organization gives July 4th deadline to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to act on hate speech in order to prevent “… racist, violent and verifiably …
AHF and ‘Flag for All Mississippians’ Laud State’s Step to Remove Confederate Emblem from Flag
As far back as 2015, the Flag for All Mississippians Coalition and others, including AHF, have been advocating for Mississippi—the only state that includes the Confederate emblem in its flag—to …
AHF Lauds San Bernardino County on Declaration that Racism is a Public Health Crisis; Urges Others to Follow Suit
In ‘historic’ 5-to-0 vote Tuesday, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors formerly declared racism a public health crisis, vowing to identify, confront and defeat racism while prioritizing health for …