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AHF Hammers Gilead Over Continued Profiteering

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), COVID-19, Socially Responsible Investing, Healthcare Reform, Pharmaceutical, Professional Services, Philanthropy, Advocacy Group Opinion, Infectious Diseases, Public Policy, Government, LGBTQ+, Foundation, Biotechnology, AIDS, Consumer, Health, HIV, AHF, Patient, Safety, Remdesivir, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Assault, Hepatitis, Gilead Sciences, Pharmaceutical industry

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) continued its assault on Gilead Sciences in its ongoing advocacy campaign against the Bay Area drug maker over its voracious greed, patent manipulation, and obscene price hikes.

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  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) continued its assault on Gilead Sciences in its ongoing advocacy campaign against the Bay Area drug maker over its voracious greed, patent manipulation, and obscene price hikes.
  • “Gilead continues to place profit above all else at the expense of patients’ access to its lifesaving drugs, including its latest and safest drug formulations,” says Michael Weinstein, AHF president and cofounder.
  • “From suppressing a safer formulation of one of its key HIV drugs to price gouging on its Hepatitis C medications, Gilead remains a company in search of a moral compass.
  • To learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org , find us on Facebook , follow us on Instagram , Twitter , and TikTok , and subscribe to our AHFter Hours podcast.

ViiV Healthcare announces new packaging option now available in the U.S. for Dovato (dolutegravir/lamivudine)

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
AIDS, Consumer, Health, Pharmaceutical, LGBTQ+, Subtypes of HIV, HIV, Pfizer, Shionogi, ViiV Healthcare, ARV, GSK

The sheets allow people living with HIV to view the number of pills left and track their doses.

Key Points: 
  • The sheets allow people living with HIV to view the number of pills left and track their doses.
  • The FDA approved the Dovato blister pack on November 3, 2023.
  • ViiV Healthcare plans to offer the Dovato blister pack in some European markets in 2024.
  • ViiV Healthcare will continue to offer Dovato in the 30-count pill bottle.

All of Us Strangers: heartbreaking film speaks to real experiences of gay men in UK and Ireland

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Monday, February 5, 2024
Parent, BeLonG To, Homosexuality, Language, Fear, Noise, Government, Section 28, Child, Love, Crime, Homophobia, Disease, Heart, AIDS, Hope, Crash, Forgiveness, Death, Queer

One evening, Harry (Paul Mescal), a younger man from downstairs, appears at his door.

Key Points: 
  • One evening, Harry (Paul Mescal), a younger man from downstairs, appears at his door.
  • These crimes don’t belong to the past: in 2022, two gay men in Sligo were murdered by a man they met through a dating app.
  • It speaks to many of the real and heartbreaking experiences gay men in the UK and Ireland have had to navigate.
  • It also highlights the progress and more hopeful world that has been carved for younger generations of queer men.

Open to love

  • There is a spark between them; Adam reaches out to Harry and we see a relationship develop from an initial hook-up to long-lasting companionship and love.
  • This connection allows Adam to revisit two painful relationships he had left in the past.
  • Spurred on by a photograph of his parents (Jamie Bell and Claire Foy), he returns to the suburbs where he was born, and meets them again.

Embracing the word ‘queer’

  • In the film, twentysomething Harry refers to continuing homophobia when he asks Adam if he is queer; it seems a more polite word than gay, he says, recalling children using the word as a slur.
  • In the 1980s, “gay” was the most positive word used to describe LGBTQ+ people, and “queer” was used by homophobes as a vicious insult.
  • “Queer-bashing” was the term used by the five youths who killed Declan Flynn in Dublin in 1982: a notorious Irish hate-crime.
  • But today’s Ireland is also a place where “queer” is no longer a hateful word: it’s used by many LGBT+ people to celebrate their identities.


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Diarmuid Scully does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Urology Care Foundation Spreads Awareness for National Cancer Prevention Month

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Education, Ache, Penile cancer, Urethral cancer, Urination, Kidney cancer, Bleeding, Fluid mechanics, Testicular cancer, Heredity, Urethra, Radiation, Back pain, Infection, Bladder cancer, Abdomen, Foreskin, Weight loss, FACS, Fever, Groin, Risk factor, Diet, AUA, Blog, Cancer, HPV, Combustion, Woman, Urethral caruncle, Growth, Papillomaviridae, Prostate cancer, Low back pain, Penis, Urethral diverticulum, Rib, Death, Skin, Blood, Disease, AIDS, Risk, Ejaculation, Smoking, Workplace, UTI, American Urological Association, Male, Scrotum, Pain, Tenderness, MBA, Somatic symptom disorder, Urine, Smoker, GCNIS, Ulcer, Birth control

BALTIMORE, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association (AUA), wants to spread awareness and information on the six main urologic cancers.

Key Points: 
  • BALTIMORE, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association (AUA), wants to spread awareness and information on the six main urologic cancers.
  • However, there are other urologic cancers that involve the bladder, kidneys and testicles,” said Urology Care Foundation Board of Directors member Brian McNeil, MD, MBA, FACS.
  • The Urology Care Foundation believes the first part of prevention is education.
  • Below are the six main urologic cancers and important resources for each:
    Bladder Cancer is the second most common type of urologic cancer.

Galderma Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence in Biostimulation With Sculptra® at the 2024 IMCAS

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Friday, February 2, 2024
Research, Medical Devices, Clinical Trials, Biotechnology, Other Health, Health, General Health, Other Science, Science, Partnership, Extracellular matrix, Life, Patient satisfaction, Anatomy, Overalls, Patient, Skin, Human, Sculptra, Month, AIDS, Cellulite, Treatment, Assessment

Galderma, the emerging pure-play dermatology category leader, is proud to celebrate 25 years of Sculptra®, which enjoys the trust of healthcare professionals and unmatched patient satisfaction.

Key Points: 
  • Galderma, the emerging pure-play dermatology category leader, is proud to celebrate 25 years of Sculptra®, which enjoys the trust of healthcare professionals and unmatched patient satisfaction.
  • In partnership with leading aesthetic healthcare professionals, Galderma developed the AART™ (Anatomy, Assessment, Range and Treatment) methodology.
  • These treatments are built on patients’ underlying anatomy, a thorough facial assessment and product selection, combined with appropriate injection skills.
  • “Sculptra has a unique usage history in the aesthetic industry, one that has continually increased in synergy with our ongoing research.

Syphilis Soars: AHF Urges Congress to Boost Prevention Funding

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Men, LGBTQ+, Pharmaceutical, Consumer, Infectious Diseases, Public Policy, Other Policy Issues, Biotechnology, Women, AIDS, Congressional News, Views, Health, Government, United States Congress, Public, Associate, AHF, Congenital syphilis, Advocacy, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Congress, STI, Syphilis, Infection

With alarmingly high rates of preventable syphilis and congenital syphilis skyrocketing to nearly 20% higher than in 2023, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) urges U.S. Congress to reverse proposed cuts and increase funding for sexually transmitted infection prevention programs and improved access to testing and treatment.

Key Points: 
  • With alarmingly high rates of preventable syphilis and congenital syphilis skyrocketing to nearly 20% higher than in 2023, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) urges U.S. Congress to reverse proposed cuts and increase funding for sexually transmitted infection prevention programs and improved access to testing and treatment.
  • “Sexually transmitted infections, including syphilis, are at an all-time high for the sixth consecutive year, yet budgets for these programs are being cut every year,” said Lauren Natoli, Associate Director of Research and Advocacy for AHF’s Public Health Division.
  • “We cannot hope to reverse the tide of STIs without renewed investment and attention to public health efforts.
  • It is time to reinvest in public health and sex education.”

FLUX Demands Florida DMV Stop Attack on Transgender Drivers

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
LGBTQ+, Public Policy, Government, State, Local, Communications, Consumer, Advocacy Group Opinion, Social Activism, Sibling, Human, News, AHF, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Florida Department, AIDS

To our siblings in Florida and the world.

Key Points: 
  • To our siblings in Florida and the world.
  • And we will never stop."
  • Queen Victoria Ortega ~ International President, FLUX
    FLUX is a national division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation dedicated to creating safe spaces for trans and gender non-conforming individuals.
  • See https://www.transidentity.org/
    Keep up to date on FLUX: Facebook: FLUXAHF - Instagram: @FLUX_AHF - Twitter: @flux_ahf
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Uvax Bio Announces Dosing of First Participant in Phase 1 Clinical Trial Evaluating Two Vaccines to Prevent HIV-1 Infection

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
AIDS, Health, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, HIV-1, Subtypes of HIV, Animal, HIV, Computational biology, Safety, UFO, Immunization, Serum, Env, Vaccine

“UVAX-1107 and UVAX-1197 represent an advancement in HIV vaccine technology with industry-recognized innovations in our antigen design and delivery.

Key Points: 
  • “UVAX-1107 and UVAX-1197 represent an advancement in HIV vaccine technology with industry-recognized innovations in our antigen design and delivery.
  • Uvax Bio expects to report topline data from the Phase 1 trial in the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • The novel protein nanoparticle vaccine candidates are designed for active immunization and are intended to prevent HIV-1 infection.
  • Furthermore, preliminary screening assays demonstrated appreciable neutralization in serum when tested against a panel of primary HIV-1 isolates.

AHF Applauds Sen. Wiener’s PBM Abuse Bill

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Friday, January 26, 2024
AIDS, Other Health, Health, General Health, State, Local, Healthcare Reform, Pharmaceutical, Other Policy Issues, Infectious Diseases, Public Policy, Government, Advocacy Group Opinion, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Patient, Legislation, Pharmacist, AHF, Pharmacy

“Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have operated too long in the shadows, interfering with patient access to care, starving pharmacy providers, creating pharmacy deserts while they rake in massive profits that inflate healthcare costs.

Key Points: 
  • “Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have operated too long in the shadows, interfering with patient access to care, starving pharmacy providers, creating pharmacy deserts while they rake in massive profits that inflate healthcare costs.
  • California patients deserve and need better.”
    AHF has been working closely with the CA Pharmacists Association for more than a year on this, and it is a high priority for AHF's California legislative agenda.
  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 1.9 million individuals across 45 countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe.
  • To learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org , find us on Facebook , follow us on Instagram , Twitter , and TikTok , and subscribe to our AHFter Hours podcast.

Los Angeles Blade to Celebrate 2024 ‘Best of LGBTQ Los Angeles’ Awards

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Friday, January 26, 2024
LGBTQ+, AIDS, Health, Communications, Consumer, Media, Publishing, Rhea, GLAAD, Christian Church, Los Angeles Pride, Multimedia, LGBTQ, Studio 54, Washington Blade, Pride parade, Out (magazine), Gay, Gilead Sciences, Metropolitan, HIV, Journalism, GLAAD Media Award, Nightclub

The Los Angeles Blade , LA’s only LGBTQ newspaper and nation’s only LGBTQ Media member of the White House Press Corps, partner newspaper of the venerable Washington Blade in DC, will present the 2024 Best Of LGBTQ Los Angeles Awards at Heart Weho on Saturday, January 27 from 8:00 p.m.

Key Points: 
  • The Los Angeles Blade , LA’s only LGBTQ newspaper and nation’s only LGBTQ Media member of the White House Press Corps, partner newspaper of the venerable Washington Blade in DC, will present the 2024 Best Of LGBTQ Los Angeles Awards at Heart Weho on Saturday, January 27 from 8:00 p.m.
  • In 2021, Los Angeles Blade publisher Troy Masters honored Los Angeles based philanthropist Ariadne Getty for her landmark donation to Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) community.
  • In 2022, the Los Angeles Blade honored David Geffen and presented him with the award.
  • With over 30 prestigious categories, the Los Angeles Blade “Best of LGBTQ LA” Awards will shine a spotlight on diverse stories and artists, activists and community notables and others who have championed critical LGBTQ issues and connected so powerfully with the community.