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SF to LA AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser to end after 2025

SF to LA AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser to end after 2025

HIV/AIDS | September 11, 2024

The final AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser will be next year, according to the SF AIDS Foundation and the LA LGBT Center, bringing to an end an event that has brought in $300 million to the two organizations for their HIV/AIDS services over three decades.

SF AIDS agency ends direct services as disparity seen in local, federal new Latino HIV diagnoses

SF AIDS agency ends direct services as disparity seen in local, federal new Latino HIV diagnoses

  • HIV/AIDS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 30, 2024

A longtime San Francisco Latino HIV/AIDS nonprofit is hanging on by a thread and has stopped providing direct services after losing city funding at the end of the last budget year.

Biden administration touts $1.4 billion for HIV drug, care programs

Biden administration touts $1.4 billion for HIV drug, care programs

  • HIV/AIDS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 20, 2024

Federal health officials are touting $1.4 billion in funding for national programs that assist low-income Americans living with HIV in obtaining their necessary medications and health care.

SF supervisors OK contract to increase funds for PRC's assistance program

SF supervisors OK contract to increase funds for PRC's assistance program

  • HIV/AIDS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 31, 2024

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously July 30 in favor of an extension of PRC's emergency financial assistance program for three years (from 2025 to 2028) and to increase the funding ceiling by $5.3 million.

AIDS confab hears bad news about funding, good news about PrEP

AIDS confab hears bad news about funding, good news about PrEP

The 25th International AIDS Conference kicked off Monday, July 22, in Munich, Germany with calls to redouble efforts to end the global epidemic as funding cuts and threats to the rights of LGBTQ people and other vulnerable populations jeopardize progress.

New PSA commemorates Disability Pride Month

New PSA commemorates Disability Pride Month

Easterseals, an organization which provides advocacy and various services to the disabled, is seeking to change perceptions with "D1$@B1L*tY Is Not a Dirty Word," a new PSA airing on a variety of networks.

German researcher says another man is cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

German researcher says another man is cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

A seventh person, dubbed "the next Berlin Patient," appears to be cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment, according to a report at a press briefing ahead of the International AIDS Conference.

LGBTQ Agenda: House GOP proposes no funding for HIV program once touted by Trump

LGBTQ Agenda: House GOP proposes no funding for HIV program once touted by Trump

  • HIV/AIDS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 16, 2024

Steep cuts proposed by House Republicans to federal HIV/AIDS dollars are in addition to reductions that will already happen this year — including a proposal to gut an HIV prevention program former President Donald Trump had once supported.

CA budget expands AIDS drug program

CA budget expands AIDS drug program

  • HIV/AIDS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 10, 2024

When Governor Gavin Newsom signed the state budget June 29, he expanded California's AIDS Drug Assistance Program and associated programs in a big win for the state's End the Epidemics Coalition and people living with HIV/AIDS.

California will officially recognize World AIDS Day

California will officially recognize World AIDS Day

  • HIV/AIDS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 26, 2024

California will now officially recognize December 1 as World AIDS Day in perpetuity. It becomes the third such day of remembrance related to the LGBTQ community to be celebrated by the Golden State.

Research shows twice-yearly PrEP injections prevent HIV in women

Research shows twice-yearly PrEP injections prevent HIV in women

Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable antiretroviral, demonstrated 100% effectiveness for preventing HIV acquisition in a large study of young cisgender women in Africa, Gilead Sciences announced June 20.

Rally held for HIV/AIDS funding

Rally held for HIV/AIDS funding

HIV activists, many from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and their supporters held a march and rally Friday, June 7, to call attention to their HIV community budget proposal.

LGBTQ Agenda: Companies working on lifting restrictions on HIV-positive people in clinical trials

LGBTQ Agenda: Companies working on lifting restrictions on HIV-positive people in clinical trials

  • HIV/AIDS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 11, 2024

A nonprofit organization is working on getting health care companies to drop restrictions preventing people who are HIV-positive or who are on PrEP from participating in some clinical trials, such as studies that focus on treating cancer.

CDC finalizes doxyPEP guidelines for STI prevention

CDC finalizes doxyPEP guidelines for STI prevention

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections — an approach known as doxyPEP.

SF DPH and CDC urge mpox vaccination

SF DPH and CDC urge mpox vaccination

  • HEALTH
  • by Liz Highleyman
  • May 29, 2024

With Pride coming up, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging people at risk for mpox, to receive two doses of the Jynneos vaccine to protect themselves from the disease.

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SF to LA AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser to end after 2025

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