“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

❗Live at 9:30amET, as part of #WorldAIDSDay Week of Action, the #SaveHIVFunding Campaign will ring the #NASDAQ opening bell, spotlighting the urgent need to protect #HIVprevention & care funding. Watch live at: NASDAQ Facebook: www.facebook.com/Nasdaq/ @prep4allnow.bsky.social @hivma.bsky.social

ACTION ALERT: Help Protect Cost-Free Preventive Health Care www.poz.com/article/acti...

TAKE ACTION: In just 24 hours, supporters have sent 700 letters to their Senators telling Congress to protect PrEP access and other preventive care services from RFK, Jr. Go to bit.ly/protect-prep2025 and take just two minutes to send letters to Congress to protect PrEP access and the USPSTF!

NEWS: PrEP4All just filed a federal lawsuit against the HHS and the DOJ for failing to release the terms of their secretive settlement with Gilead Sciences. Read our full statement: prep4all.org/doj-hhs-laws...

My long-running client @prep4allnow.bsky.social—one of the leading advocacy groups working on HIV prevention in the U.S.—put out an excellent statement on lenacapavir's FDA approval last month. prep4all.org/lenacapavir/

A Perfect Storm: “Gamechanger” HIV Prevention Medicine Launches In The Midst Of Health System And Public Health Cuts www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

The political whiplash is frustrating, but the generational fear is worse,” writes Sean Leviashvili, an HIV and disability advocate and @prep4allnow.bsky.social volunteer. “Still, I know where I come from. I come from a community of fighters.” www.thebody.com/hiv/fear-hiv...

Of the 20 jurisdictions receiving the most federal funds to support housing programs for PLWH: 🏠 4 are in Florida (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa) 🏠 3 are in Texas (Houston, Dallas, TX state) 🏠 2 are in Georgia (Atlanta, GA state) HIV and housing is a bipartisan issue. Support HOPWA.

ACTION ALERT: Don’t Drown Medicaid Users in Fees and Paperwork prep4all.org/action-alert...

The mix of looming funding cuts and a lack of government support mean that agencies serving such populations "might have to let go of positions or even close their doors entirely," says Maxx Boykin, PrEP4All, #SaveHIVFunding. www.thebodypro.com/hiv/hiv-orga...

Supreme Court Heard Arguments on Preventive Health Care Coverage. How’d It Go? - POZ www.poz.com/article/supr...

“Advocates Denounce Draconian Cuts to Federally Funded HIV Infrastructure” Read full statement from #SaveHIVFunding Campaign at prep4all.org/statement_hhscuts.

On 4/21, SCOTUS will hear Kennedy v. Braidwood. Should SCOTUS rule against the govt, insurers may no longer be required to cover preventive care in full. Hear from Lambda Legal's Jose Abrigo on the importance of preventive care. 🎥 by @prep4allnow.bsky.social

Mark S. King reports for @posaware.bsky.social on four #HIV advocates—Brian Minalga, Derrick Mapp, Maxx Boykin and Miriam Whitehead—who share their perspectives at the Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit. positivelyaware.com/2025-prevention-summit

Head to our Insta instagram.com/treatmentactiongroup for more: HAPPENING NOW: AIDS ACTIVISTS DELIVER MOUNTAIN OF COFFINS IN FUNERAL PROCESSION OUTSIDE US STATE DEPARTMENT PROTESTING MARCO RUBIO'S ATTACKS ON PEPFAR IMPACTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV WORLDWIDE. @housingworksnyc.bsky.social

🚨Next week SCOTUS will hear the Braidwood case, which could dismantle part of the ACA requiring insurance companies to fully cover the cost of preventive care like PrEP—reducing access & spiking costs for 150M Americans Follow @lambdalegal.org @glaad.bsky.social @prep4allnow.bsky.social for updates

Appointees’ Confusion Over HIV Programs May Lead To Funding Cuts insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/a...

HIV activists assemble to map out strategies Read more here: www.positivelyaware.com/articles/hiv...

Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...

In the US women and girls make up 19% of new HIV cases and 23% of all people living with HIV. Congress is proposing over $700M in cuts to treatment and prevention. This #NWGHAAD, take action and tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.

...“We are at a point where we could end HIV as a global health threat. There are new interventions that PEPFAR has pioneered in supporting. Stopping this is derailing this great work,” Mitchell Warren continued. For more on the foreign aid freeze case, follow, avac.org/avac-vs-dept....

Our ED, Mitchell Warren told ABC News' @lipoftv.bsky.social, "The [foreign aid] freeze announced by the Trump Administration has had a chilling effect on global health. It's been an enormous challenge. The idea that programs have an on off switch is naive and destructive."

Early actions of the second Trump administration…threaten horrific chaos. If [it] is interested in truly disrupting the status quo to Americans’ benefit, it should focus on the lessons of US v. Gilead — on disrupting the privatization of public knowledge. www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/h...

The HIV epidemic cannot be ended in a state of lawlessness where essential health agencies are gutted and funds are withheld without due cause and without reasonable warning. Read More: prep4all.org/statement-en...

PrEP4All's frequent collaborator @hivpxresearch.bsky.social is lodging a federal lawsuit against the new US Presidential Administration “seeking emergency relief from the freeze on funding for foreign assistance”. Read More: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Black people continue to be most affected by HIV, yet Congress is proposing over $700M in funding cuts to HIV resources needed by those most disproportionately impacted. This #NBHAAD, tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.

Join Funders Concerned about AIDS for a discussion on major threats being faced by the HIV field at the federal level in the US, plans to expand the #SaveHIVFunding campaign, and how you can support this work to defend federal funding to end the HIV epidemic. Register at: bit.ly/savehivfundi...

As we watch the Trump administration decide the fate of the global #HIV response, it’s important now more than ever for our philanthropic leaders to step up and #SaveHIVFunding. More from AVAC and @prep4allnow.bsky.social in @pozmagazine.bsky.social: www.poz.com/article/to-o...

The agreement last week, which ended a five-year legal battle, granted Gilead a license to key government-owned patents related to pre-exposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, for preventing the transmission of HIV. www.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglaw...

News just broke that HHS & DOJ have settled the landmark United States v. Gilead HIV PrEP patent litigation. Terms are undisclosed but seem favorable to Gilead. I'm quoted in the statement below from @prep4allnow.bsky.social. PrEP4All didn't mince words. I'll have more to say in the days ahead.

"It's difficult for us, right now, to fully prepare for what we could face because we don't know exactly what will happen this year," says PrEP4All Executive Director @activistjohnson.bsky.social discussing looming legal policy threats to PrEP access. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/what-is-th...

“For those of us advocating for a #NatlPrEPProgram for un- and underinsured individuals, we see this as the most recent example of why manufacturer assistance programs are not a substitute for public health programs.” - @activistjohnson.bsky.social Exec. Dir. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

PrEP4All has joined Bluesky! Join our upcoming webinar this Friday to learn about our advocacy to make PrEP to prevent HIV more accessible. Register now at bit.ly/preppathwebinar.