News Archive - San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Decades after San Francisco closed its gay bathhouses, a new law paves the way for their return

Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s legislation will require the San Francisco Department of Public Health to update outdated regulations put in place during the AIDS crisis of the 1980’s

STD Rates in California Reach the Highest Levels in 30 Years

Yesterday, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released 2018 data showing that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the state continue to climb and are at the highest levels in 30 years.

Racial, Gender, Housing and Substance Use Disparities amid 197 New HIV Diagnoses

SFDPH announced there were 197 new HIV diagnoses in San Francisco in 2018, a historic milestone in the fight to end the HIV epidemic. Disparities indicate work to be done.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation Releases New Strategic Plan

SFAF announced a new five-year strategic plan that defines a new mission statement and four strategies priorities. Central to the plan are commitments to health justice, social justice, and racial justice.

Final Public Charge Rule Threatens Health

A new regulation expands criteria that can be used to determine whether an immigrant is or is likely to be a public charge based on their use of public programs for food, housing and health care.

Separating People Living with HIV from Kids Shameful, Stigmatizing

San Francisco AIDS Foundation condemns the practice of separating parents or guardians from their children at the border, especially people living with HIV.

USPSTF Recommendation for PrEP

Task Force recommends that clinicians offer PrEP to individuals at high risk for HIV acquisition.

‘Game Changing’ PrEP Donation Announced

Gilead Sciences, Inc. will donate pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for up to 200,000 people per year for up to 11 years.

Allowing Insurers to Dictate Therapies Harms People Living with HIV

An Open Letter from the AIDS 2020 Conference Coordinating Committee

Scientists, clinicians, community advocates to gather in Oakland and San Francisco for AIDS 2020 during critical moment of global fight against HIV.

Decision to Veto AB 186 Puts More Lives at Risk

Bill allowing San Francisco to pilot overdose prevention programs preventing deaths from opioids passed both houses of State Legislature, vetoed by California governor.

New Public Health Team Appointed to Remove Syringes

The City will triple the size of rapid response team specifically for syringe cleanup duties, increasing coordinated response to the issue of needle litter.

San Francisco, Oakland to Host World’s Largest AIDS Conference in 2020

Loss of a pioneer: The passing of Dr. Mathilde Krim

Pioneering AIDS researcher, amfAR founding chairperson, civil rights advocate Dr. Krim dies.

Filter by