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More Fatal Bacterial Meningitis Cases Uncovered

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 04.18.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Bacterial Meningitis West Hollywood, Bacterial Meningitis, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Bacterial Meningitis Rjay Spoon, Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine, Brett Shaad Meningitis, Rjay Spoon Death, Brett Shaad Death, Bacterial Meningitis Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles public health officials Wednesday began offering free bacterial meningitis vaccinations to low-income and uninsured residen...

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BUSTED!

Posted 03.19.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Immoral Productions, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Measure B Violation, Condoms in Porn, LA County Condoms, Immoral Productions Measure B, Measure B, Porn Company Violates, Immoral Productions Condoms, Los Angeles News

Watch out for the condom police. A porn production company appears to be the first to be targeted for allegedly violating LA county's mandatory condom...

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'Thrift Shop' Parody Video for AIDS Awareness Is a Game-Changer

Lori Yeghiayan Friedman | Posted 05.12.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Macklemore Thrift Shop, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Out of the Closet Thrift Stores, Thrift Shop, Out of the Closet Thrift Stores Los Angeles, Macklemore, Video, Los Angeles News
Lori Yeghiayan Friedman

Why try to tackle such a serious subject as HIV and AIDS through such a light-hearted medium? 2013-03-12-lathriftshotpull.jpg

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Andrew Christian Embarks On 'New Sexual Revolution'

Michael Kleinmann | Posted 04.16.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Andrew Christian, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Andrew Christian Underwear, Ahf, Andrew Christian WET, Andrew Christian Safe Sex, Andrew Christian Condoms, Andrew Christian Condoms Lube, Andrew Christian AHF, Gay Voices News
Michael Kleinmann

If you know anything about Andrew Christian underwear, you know that their promotional videos are risqué, their models are hot, and the brand is synonymous with sex. Having proven that sex really does sell, the brand is now trying to prove that safer sex sells, too.

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This Valentine's Day, Empower All Women Worldwide

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 02.14.2013 | Impact
Read More: International Condom Day, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Valentine's Day Gift, One Billion Rising, 1 Billion Rising, Impact News

Americans will spend an average of $13.2 billion (or about 110 million goats) on making girls in love (or like, or whatever) swoon on Valentine’s Da...

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Is $33,000 Too Much for a Life-Saving Drug?

Toshio Meronek | Posted 02.25.2013 | San Francisco
Read More: How to Survive a Plague, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Stacey Campfield, Vito Russo, Foster City, Gilead Sciences, ACT UP, United in Anger, Mitt Romney, Bernie Sanders, John c.martin, San Francisco News
Toshio Meronek

People who have HIV/AIDS are able to live longer than ever before, but only if they can get their hands on the drugs. AIDS is still very much a crisis. ACT UP SF is calling for free meds for low-income people, more affordable meds for everyone, and more transparency.

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'This Is The Biggest Threat I've Seen To The Industry'

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 03.04.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Adult Video News, Porn Industry, James Deen, Los Angeles Porn, Vivid, Porn, Free Speech Coalition, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Condoms in Porn, Steve Hirsch, Measure B, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the nation's Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted ...

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The Numbers Don't Add Up On Measure B

Alex Garner | Posted 01.05.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Los Angeles Porn Industry, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Porn Industry, Measure B, Los Angeles, La Measure B, Measure B Los Angeles, Measure B Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Measure B, Condoms in Porn, Measure B LA, Los Angeles Measure B, Los Angeles News
Alex Garner

Measure B, an L.A. County ballot initiative that would require that condoms be used in porn films shot in the county, comes with a hefty price tag for taxpayers, is full of loopholes, is largely unenforceable and draws resources away from the communities that are most affected by HIV.

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Porn's Biggest Enemy?

San Bernardino County Sun, Calif. | Susan Abram | Posted 01.05.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Measure B Condoms, Elections 2012 Measure B, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Measure B, Condoms Porn Measure, Elections 2012, Los Angeles Porn, La Porn, Measure B Porn, Measure B, Los Angeles News

NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- They expose their flesh for the sake of sexual fantasy. But on Sunday, actors from the adult film industry held a rally to remind ...

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This Year's 'Only-In-LA' Ballot Measure

Los Angeles Daily News | Susan Abram | Posted 12.26.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Safer Sex Initiative, Video, No on Government Waste, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Ca Ballot Measure, Condoms in Porn, California Elections, Porn Industry, Valley Industry and Commerce Association, Condoms, Measure B, Free Speech Coalition, Los Angeles News

In an only-in-L.A. moment, Los Angeles County voters will decide on Election Day if adult-film actors should wear condoms while shooting pornographic ...

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Advocacy Group Rips Porn Industry Over Syphilis Outbreak

Reuters | Posted 10.21.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Syphilis, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Reuters, Porn Syphilis Outbreak, Porn Shutdown Syphilis, Free Speech Coalition, Porn Shutdown, Los Angeles News

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A porn industry trade group has announced a U.S. moratorium on producti...

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Activists Boycott Hershey Candy To Support HIV-Positive Teen Rejected From School

AP | PETER JACKSON | Posted 04.06.2012 | Home
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hershey Boycott, Pennsylvania Schools, Hershey, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Teen Rejected From Hershey School, Hershey Candy, Milton Hershey School, Hiv-Positive Student, Aids Law Project, Hershey Candy Boycott, Home News

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Amid the Easter weekend surge in candy sales, AIDS activists Friday stepped up their calls for a boycott of Hershey candy to protes...

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FACE OFF: Two Experts Debate Condoms In Porn Controversy

Posted 03.08.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Condoms Required in Porn, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Condoms in Porn Los Angeles, Michael Weinstein, Condoms in Porn, Vivid Entertainment, Condoms and Aids, Condoms and Hiv, Los Angeles News

In August of 2011, the adult film industry in Southern California voluntarily shut down production when a performer tested positive for HIV. Less t...

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First The City, Now The County

AP | Posted 02.28.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Los Angeles Porn Industry, Video, Los Angeles County Condoms in Porn, Aids Healthcare Foundation Condoms in Porn, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles Condoms in Porn, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Supporters of a measure requiring adult film actors to wear condoms on shoots in Los Angeles County say they've already collected most ...

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IT'S OFFICIAL: Condoms Are Now Required In Porn

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 03.25.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Porn Leaving Los Angeles, Porn STDs, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Condoms in Porn Villaraigosa, Condoms in Porn, Condoms in Porn Mayor, Porn, Condoms Porn, La Porn Industry, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Actors in adult movies filmed in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms under an ordinance signed into law by Mayor Antonio V...

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Ron Jeremy On Condoms In Porn: 'It Ruins The Fantasy'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 01.19.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Los Angeles Porn Industry, Porn Leaving Los Angeles, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Derrick Burts, Porn Condom Measure, Antonio Villaraigosa Porn Condoms Measure, Condoms in Porn, HIV Porn, Antonio Villaraigosa Porn Measure, Ron Jeremy, La Porn Industry, Porn Industry Leaving LA, Los Angeles News

In light of a Los Angeles City ordinance that would make condoms mandatory in pornographic films, porn stars are speaking out, and producers are threa...

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Bareback Mountain... Out of a Molehill

David Groshoff | Posted 03.06.2012 | Gay Voices
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David Groshoff

Apparently, the self-described "largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the U.S.," the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, wants to lead us back to the days of Bowers v. Hardwick. AHF wants to criminalize for-profit videos depicting unprotected sex.

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Historic Rose Parade Featured AIDS Healthcare Foundation Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor

Karen Ocamb | Posted 03.04.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Rose Parade, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Activism, HIV/AIDS, Rose Parade AIDS Float, Rose Parade AIDS, Rose Parade AHF Float, Video, Gay Voices News
Karen Ocamb

It was the first time in the parade's 123-year history, and the first time in the 30 years since HIV/AIDS was identified, that a float acknowledged those who died of AIDS and the advocates who helped them.

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30 Years Later, The AIDS Patient Has Changed

| Christina Jewett | Posted 12.01.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Engeran-Cordova, Aids Rate, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Walk, Aids Patient Profile, Christina Jewett, California Watch, World AIDS Day, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Christina Jewett The profile of HIV and AIDS patients in California has shifted signifi...

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WATCH: Former Porn Actress Pleads For Condom Use In Films

AP | By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.16.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Std, Condoms in Porn, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Sti, Mandatory-Condoms-in-Porn, Free Speech Coalition, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Video, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- If a health advocacy group gets enough petition signatures, Los Angeles residents could be asked to vote on whether porn producers must...

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LA County Won't Mandate Condoms In Porn

AP | By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 08.23.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Condom Mandate, Brian Chase, District Court of Appeals, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, La County Mandate, Los Angeles County Department of Public Heath, Condoms in Porn, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- An appeals court has ruled that courts can't compel public health officials to require and enforce condom use in porn. The June 16 rul...

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Global AIDS Funding and China

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Global Health, The Global Fund, HIV/AIDS, Obama Global Health Initiative, Global Health Initiative, World AIDS Day, Hiv/Aids China, World Aids Day 2010, Pepfar Funding, Global Fund Funding, Antiretroviral Drugs, Africa, Pepfar, Anand Reddi, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Millennium Development Goals, President Barack Obama, Malaria, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Mdg, Tuberculosis, President Hu Jintao, China, HIV Cure, World News
Anand Reddi

The Global Fund provides funds and support to the hardest-hit countries that lack the resources to address their epidemics. However, one of the largest recipients is the second largest economy in the world: China.

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Financing Global Health Aid and Protecting Wall Street: Enact a Financial Speculation Tax

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Antiretroviral Drugs, Global Health, Doctors Without Borders, Africa, HIV Prevention, Lantos-Hyde Act, Anand Reddi, Maternal Health, Barack Obama, Currency Tax, HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, Financial Speculation Tax, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Partners in Health, Obama Global Health Initiative, Global Health Initiative, Maternal and Child Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Politics News, Pete Stark, World News, Nelson Mandela, Business News, World News
Anand Reddi

A 0.005% financial speculation tax -- a "pinprick" for international banks -- would be an important stream of revenue for domestic and global development initiatives.

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Truth and Reconciliation: President Obama's Global Health Initiative and HIV/AIDS -- Raising the Bar

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Lantos-Hyde Act, Ezekiel Emanuel, Tom Coburn, Pepfar, Maternal and Child Health, Antiretroviral Drugs, Partners in Health, Desmond Tutu, Medecins Sans Frontieres, International AIDS Conference 2010, Doctors Without Borders, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Obama Global Health Initiative, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President George W. Bush, Bill Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, Global Health, Africa, Maternal Health, Politics, World Health Organization, Vienna Aids Conference, President Barack Obama, Global Health Initiative, Anand Reddi, New York Times, University of Colorado School of Medicine, World News
Anand Reddi

Eradication of HIV is possible if the world community remains fully committed to funding cost-effective antiretroviral treatment initiatives. Treating our way out is indeed possible.

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United States Global Health Policy: HIV/AIDS Treatment Funding At Risk Under President Obama

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Global Health, International AIDS Conference, World Health Organization, Vienna Aids Conference, Pepfar, Ezekiel Emanuel, Maternal Health, Antiretroviral Drugs, HIV Prevention, Lantos-Hyde Act, Desmond Tutu, International AIDS Conference 2010, Doctors Without Borders, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Partners in Health, Obama Global Health Initiative, Maternal and Child Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President George W. Bush, Bill Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, Politics, Africa, President Barack Obama, Global Health Initiative, Anand Reddi, University of Colorado School of Medicine, New York Times, World News
Anand Reddi

The diminishing commitment by the G8 towards HIV/AIDS treatment funding is a major topic at the Vienna AIDS conference. Sadly, the perception that HIV/AIDS is no longer an emergency is misinformed.

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