Compelling documentary about the soaring price of medicines in the U.S., features interviews with academics, patients, advocates and political leaders, including Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elijah Cummings and is …
AHF Thanks Senators Grassley and Wyden for Bill to Prevent Drug Companies from Gouging Medicaid
Duo jointly sponsored the “Right Rebate Act of 2018,” which would give authority to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to fine drug companies that willfully misclassify products …
AHF Echoes Call for UNAIDS to Release Report on Sexual Harassment Before Dec 11th Geneva Meeting
The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) will meet on December 11th to discuss a report it commissioned—and vowed to make public—on credible claims of sexual abuse among U.N. staff and …
AHF Thanks Judge for Putting Brakes on CVS-Aetna Merger
Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia halted the integration of CVS Health and Aetna, noting anti-competitive concerns. Judge Leon gave the companies until …
CDC Once Again Completely Ignores Safer Sex Promotion in World AIDS Day Message, Says AHF
In another glaring omission—this time in its 2018 World AIDS Day messaging issued earlier today—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention neglects to even mention safer sex or condom use …
AHF to Mark World AIDS Day in U.S. with Major Cultural Events in NYC, L.A., Miami & Chicago
World’s largest AIDS organization will also commemorate reaching recent AHF milestone of one million lives in care, surpassed in October, as part of the World AIDS Day events in 42 …
AHF Hails Global AIDS Funding Passage in Senate; Encourages President to Swiftly Sign Lifesaving Bill
Showing strong bipartisan support, the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate yesterday after similar unanimous voice vote approval by the House November 13th. AIDS …
CVS-Aetna Merger is bad for HIV patients, says AHF
Largest nonprofit provider of care and treatment to people with HIV/AIDS in the world is “profoundly troubled” by merger of CVS and Aetna because of its potential harmful impact on …
Florida Judge Rules for AHF in Medicaid Contract Case Involving Health Coverage of Thousands with HIV
Florida Division of Administrative Hearings’ Judge issues a Recommended Order upholding AHF’s legal contentions in case involving the state’s denial of the renewal of an HIV care contract with AHF’s …
AHF Cheers Global AIDS Funding Passage in the House; Urges Swift Senate Nod
The PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 (the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief) was approved by unanimous voice vote in US House of Representatives late last week and sent on …