Roughly 25 activists from AIDS Healthcare Foundation joined the organization’s president, Michael Weinstein, in addressing the Pasadena City Council on Monday over ongoing incendiary remarks demonizing homosexuality made by Dr. …
LA Times: Bid to create L.A. city health commission qualifies for ballot
By EMILY ALPERT REYES Originally published by the Los Angeles Times on May 6, 2014 Los Angeles officials say a bid to create a city health commission has netted enough signatures …
100 Groups Sign On to Support Congressional Overhaul of Lifesaving US AIDS Program, says AHF
The Ryan White Patient Equity and Choice Act (H.R. 4260), a bill to overhaul and re-prioritize the Ryan White CARE Act, the nation’s premier AIDS program that has been the …
Sovaldi: Gilead Greed & Bungling Bureaucrats Equal $1,000 Pill, says AHF
Knowledge@Wharton, a respected business school blog, explores contributing factors to Gilead’s astronomical price of its new Hepatitis C medication Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) in an April 16th post, “Sovaldi: Who’s to Blame …
AP: California committee passes bill that could push adult film industry to Nevada
By FENIT NIRAPPIL ASSOCIATED PRESS – April 29, 2014 Article also available here. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill that would require adult film actors to wear condoms during productions anywhere …
AHF Urges Pension Funds to Vote for Resolution on Gilead CEO Pay
A Gilead shareholder proposal, “Patient Access as a Criterion of Executive Compensation,” submitted by Gilead stockholder and AHF President Michael Weinstein, will be voted on during the 2014 Annual Meeting …
California’s Condoms in porn bill (AB 1576) Clears Key Assembly Committee
Assembly Bill 1576, Isadore Hall’s bill to require condoms in all adult films made in California, cleared the Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media in the California …
2,500 Attend “AIDS is a Civil Rights Issue” Evening of Action with Rev. Al Sharpton
‘Evening of Action’ and town hall panel discussion at New Mount Olive Baptist Church is a part of AHF’s national ‘AIDS is a Civil Rights Issue’ campaign – Discussion explored …
First Out of the Closet in Texas welcomed by city, state officials
At the April 19 grand opening of the first Out of the Closet Thrift Store in Texas, elected city, county, and state officials joined excited Dallas residents in welcoming the …