Stricter border and visa rules are increasingly limiting the participation of nationals from the Global South in high-level talks that tackle climate, global health, economic systems, conflicts and other pressing issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/world/politics/tighter-borders-summits-poor-nations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #africa #us #donaldtrump #poverty #aids #climatechange
I bought a first edition #photography #book today of the work of #RobertMaplethorpe. Another book to add to my collection of books that mark my house as one to burn if #Fahrenheit451 comes to fruition, which seems more and more likely every day.
The U.S. Senate has moved to spare the world’s biggest HIV treatment and prevention program — which funds drugs and research in more than 50 countries —from $400M of aid cuts imposed by Donald Trump.
Something remarkable has happened: Cancer treatments bolster evidence of a natural HIV cure
https://www.science.org/content/article/something-remarkable-has-happened-cancer-treatments-bolster-evidence-natural-hiv-cure
* Loreen Willenberg remains HIV-free even after immune-suppressing therapies for brain, lung tumors
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2651-8
https://programme.ias2025.org/Programme/Session/13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nonprogressor
40 Years in the Making..
A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total protection from the virus and developing AIDS should be made available “immediately” at pharmacies, clinics and via online consultations, the UN health agency said on Monday.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #aids #hiv
8/n Op. cit.:
"Gilead violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act ...
Because many of these prescriptions were billed to Medicare and Medicaid, the American taxpayers paid the bill for Gilead’s illegal conduct."
I'll put it this way: Gilead committed Medicare & Medicaid FRAUD.
7/n Additional Reference:
"Gilead engaged in a nationwide scheme to boost the sales of six prescription drugs [Complera, Stribild, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, and Biktarvy] for the treatment of HIV/AIDS by paying kickbacks worth millions of dollars to hundreds of physicians and other healthcare providers."
https://www.willensscarvalone.com/new-settlement, Attorneys for the *qui tam* Relator
6/n Additional Reference:
"Gilead’s kickbacks to targeted physicians induced them to switch patients from affordable, well-established drug cocktails that successfully controlled the virus to Gilead’s newest combination drugs that often cost more than $40,000 per year for each patient and risked exposing specific patients to health hazards, such as kidney damage"
https://medlearn.com/speak-no-evil-lavish-speakers-programs-for-hiv-aids-doctors-leads-to-202m-false-claims-act-settlement/
5/n Additional Reference:
"Gilead’s kickbacks to targeted physicians induced them to switch patients from affordable, well-established drug cocktails that successfully controlled the virus to Gilead’s newest combination drugs that often cost more than $40,000 per year for each patient and risked exposing specific patients to health hazards, such as kidney damage"
https://medlearn.com/speak-no-evil-lavish-speakers-programs-for-hiv-aids-doctors-leads-to-202m-false-claims-act-settlement/
4/n Additional Reference:
Legal Document: COMPLAINT-IN INTERVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , U.S.A v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., NY Southern District
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52d01d5de4b0f83aafd88d8f/t/681117bf3aba8b16a173e76c/1745950655436/16+Civ.+6228+%28PAE%29+%28Under+Seal%29+-Gilead+complaint+in+intervention+Final.pdf (PDF, 25 pp.)
3/n Additional Reference:
Legal Document: STIPULATION AND ORDER OF SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSAL, NY Southern District
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1398316/dl (PDF, 30 pp)
2/n Additional Reference:
Gilead Admits to Paying Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to High Prescribers of Gilead’s HIV Drugs to Serve as Speakers at Programs and to Holding Programs at Luxury Restaurants - US DOJ NY Southern District Press Release
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-202-million-settlement-gilead-sciences-using-speaker-programs
1/n I heard nothing about this when it was announced.
"NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences (GILD.O), opens new tab agreed to pay $202 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the drugmaker of civil fraud for paying kickbacks to doctors who agreed to prescribe its HIV drugs."
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/gilead-sciences-reaches-202-million-settlement-with-us-over-kickbacks-doctors-2025-04-29/
Additional references follow.
#LiveAid1985 #HIV #AIDS
Tomorrow is the 40 year anniversary of the LiveAid 1985 concert. This is for the UK. I can't find any reporting here but it does look like we might have access to the rebroadcast highlights live on YouTube at the link I posted above.
Remembering 1985 - The Year of Live Aid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5g4RC43bXFWqVLD9RCcqCYW/remembering-1985-the-year-of-live-aid-eastenders-madonna-whitney-back-to-the-future-the-sinclair-c5-and-much-more
#LiveAid1985 #HIV #AIDS
Tomorrow is the 40 year anniversary of the LiveAid 1985 concert. This is for the UK. I can't find any reporting here but it does look like we might have access to the rebroadcast highlights live on YouTube at the link I'll post below. Here's the link:
https://youtu.be/njXkMndm_RQ?si=jZ5rVgNzX3HmiBfJ
#LiveAid1985 #HIV #AIDS
Tomorrow is the 40 year anniversary of the LiveAid 1985 concert. This is for the UK. I can't find any reporting here but it does look like we might have access to the rebroadcast highlights live on YouTube at the link I'll post below. Here's the trailer:
https://youtu.be/JupUe6B6UrA?si=GKMk0yvHtxUcRP1Y
#LiveAid1985 #HIV #AIDS
Tomorrow is the 40 year anniversary of the LiveAid 1985 concert. This is for the UK. I can't find any reporting here but it does look like we might have access to the rebroadcast highlights live on YouTube at the link I'll post below.
How to watch Live Aid 1985 in full as iconic event marks its 40th anniversary
"Live Aid 1985 is marking its 40th anniversary, and here is how to watch it in full."
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/25309054.watch-live-aid-1985-concert-full-online/?ref=yahoo
Will UNAIDS sunset by 2030? https://www.devex.com/news/will-unaids-sunset-by-2030-110326 via @Devex #access2meds #HIV #AIDS
#Idaho doctor & patients sue over new law halting public #benefits to #immigrants in US unlawfully
An #Idaho doctor & 4 residents are challenging a new state #law that halts some of the few public benefits available to people living in the US unlawfully, including a program that provides access to lifesaving #HIV & #AIDS #medication for #LowIncome patients.
#law #PublicHealth #immigration #Trump #judiciary
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-lawsuit-idaho-public-benefits-law-hiv-cf96bf26018ed8fc9876da50390eafb8