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Gerri Wells, veteran community activist, dies at 70 - LGBTQ Nation Prominent member of ACT UP, Housing Works, Pink Panther Patrol.

Remembering ACT UP legend Gerri Wells
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HIV hides in the body—even with treatment. amfAR grantee Dr. Alexander Pasternak is hunting for a marker that could expose hidden reservoirs and bring us closer to a cure. Read more via Dr. Jeffrey Laurence: amfar.org/news/uncover...

Accelerating domestic investments to end AIDS in Africa We express our great appreciation to the American people and US Government for the incredible support through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), or any other new programme that w...

Accelerating U.S. investment is key to ending AIDS in Africa. A new article in @TheLancet cites amfAR’s PEPFAR Domestic issue brief to spotlight gaps in U.S. HIV funding. Read more: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The “French Patient” May Be the Latest Person Cured of HIV Known as the “French Patient,” a woman who received a stem cell transplant with donor cells without intact CCR5 receptors is likely cured of HIV.

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French patient

Earlier this week, we were told some of our programs were terminated in error. But we cannot restart our programming until we receive payment for the work that has already been done, which to-date exceeds $5m.
We are calling on leaders to release funding so we can get back to work.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The absolute brutality of this move is stunning. This will kill. Kill lots of people. Trump/Musk/Vought/Rubio are sociopaths who think nothing of pushing millions of people into the maw of death. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

On Wednesday a wave of emails went out from the Trump regime's State Department formally terminating funding for 5,800 projects, incl for programs funding combatting polio, H.I.V., malaria, and nutrition programs around the world. So ashamed of our country right now! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

Congress is about to cut #Medicaid by $880 billion. CALL THESE REPS. They are vulnerable--close margins in their elections and with lots of people in Medicaid in their districts. You may call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. List below. Call now and all day tomorrow. 1/

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

No one should comply with this order. It is censorship. #Trump is a tin-pot dictator and this is garbage. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Thanks to AmfAR for analyzing the effects of Donald J. Trump's Stop Work Orders for PEPFAR Programs.

Trans people face barriers like stigma and discrimination that hinder HIV care access. In the Jan '25 issue of the JIAS, Rena Janamnuaysook & coauthors highlight how Thailand’s Tangerine Clinic models inclusive, equitable HIV care for trans communities. social.amfar.org/4j8X6pB

Don't Give Trump This Much Power This is potentially a massive, dangerous power grab by the Trump Administration

Word is this House bill goes for a vote on Thursday 21 Nov:

H.R. 9495 would grant Donald Trump sole power to investigate and shut down any tax-exempt organization that criticizes him.

Call your Representatives, tell them to vote no! #s here:

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