AHF calls for the co-chairs of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), the body responsible for evaluating the WHO response to COVID-19, to ensure a truly independent …
AHF Proudly Backs Sen. Sanders’ ‘Masks for All Act’
WASHINGTON (July 28, 2020) AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today wholeheartedly endorsed the “Masks for All Act of 2020,” which U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) introduced this week in the U.S. …
AHF to Congress: Hold Pharma Execs Accountable on COVID Vaccines
WASHINGTON (July 20, 2020) AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today called on the members of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to ask tough questions of drug …
AHF to U.S. Gov’t: Grow a Backbone and ‘March-In’ to Guarantee Access to COVID Vaccines and Treatments
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2020) In reaction to the dodgy deals that the drug industry is concocting to profit from the COVID 19 pandemic, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today called on …
AHF: Stop the Global AIDS Drug Stock Outs!
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 …