Chael Needle
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Chael Needle
@chaelneedle.bsky.social
Writer, film buff, vegan
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Remembering ACT UP legend Gerri Wells
#HIV #aids #aidsactivist
@lgbtqnation
@actupny
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Gerri Wells, veteran community activist, dies at 70 - LGBTQ Nation
Prominent member of ACT UP, Housing Works, Pink Panther Patrol.
www.lgbtqnation.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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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...
April 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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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...
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...
www.thelancet.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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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.
March 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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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.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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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...
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.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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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/
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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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...
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.
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Thanks to AmfAR for analyzing the effects of Donald J. Trump's Stop Work Orders for PEPFAR Programs.
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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
January 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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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:

www.house.gov/representati...
Don't Give Trump This Much Power
This is potentially a massive, dangerous power grab by the Trump Administration
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November 21, 2024 at 1:29 AM