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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifty Countries Strong: AHF ‘Keeping the Promise’ on World AIDS Day...

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Hancock Whitney Bank will award $15,000 to New Orleans, Louisiana, homeowner Ivan Watkins, during a ceremonial check presentation on Monday, December 1, 2025. The funds are part of more than 500,000 in Disaster Rebuilding Assistance (DRA) grants awarded to nearly 40 Gulf Coast homeowners to rebuild in the wake of disasters. Mr. Watkins will use the funds to install a resilient roof that will help protect his ho...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In honor of World AIDS Day 2025, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will hold major commemorative concerts and events in early December across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas to emphasize that the work to end HIV/AIDS is far from over—underscored by the 1.3 million new infections that still occur globally each year. This year’s commemoration also coincides with a historic milestone for AHF: reaching operations in 50 countries worldwide, an extraordinary achiev...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kayla’s Children Centre (KCC), a Thornhill-based non-profit organization dedicated to supporting children with disabilities and medical complexities, today announced the creation of Camp Lionheart, a groundbreaking, year-round camp for children with physical, developmental, behavioural, and medical needs. Located on the former site of Camp Tamarack in Muskoka, Camp Lionheart will serve as a natural extension of KCC’s mission of empowering children of all abilities to e...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new Correspondence Letter in The Lancet HIV from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) raises concerns that the World Health Organization’s recommended three-test system for HIV diagnosis—designed to avoid rare false-positive results—may unintentionally slow down how quickly people begin lifesaving HIV treatment. While the strategy aims to improve accuracy, many clinics lack the staff, supplies, and time required to carry out three separate rapid tests during a single...

ACCRA, Ghana--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Global Public Health Institute, in collaboration with The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), will host a High-Level Summit on Regional Health Leadership and Sustainable Financing in Africa immediately following the opening ceremony of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2025) on Dec. 3 in the H.E. John Dramani Mahama room at the Accra International Conference Centre. Aligned with the Africa CDC’s New P...

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This Thanksgiving, as many families across Southern California face rising food costs and limited access to holiday essentials, Broadcom co-founder and philanthropist Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III and the Nicholas Academic Centers (NAC) chose to forgo their annual Thanksgiving celebration together and reallocate those resources toward a meal giveaway. In 2025, with economic pressures continuing to impact local households, NAC and Dr. Nicholas redirected funding t...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children Celebrates 25 Years of Holiday Food Basket Giveaway, Supporting Families Through Community Tradition...

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Jersey American Water recently donated $25,000 to ten food banks across the state and held food drives at each of its operating centers, which garnered over 1,000 pounds of food in donations from employees and company partners. The company announced its pledge to donate and kicked off the food drive in late October to provide emergency relief to food banks facing increases in demand due to the federal shutdown. “Access to basic needs like clean water and nutri...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lakewood-based energy infrastructure company, Tallgrass, is joining the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Department of Colorado to deliver food and toys to veterans and military families in need across our state as a part of the 15th Annual Ron Davies Memorial VFW Airlift. Each year, the Airlift gathers donated toys and nonperishable food items and transports them to veterans across Colorado, with flights provided by volunteer pilots from Metropolitan State University in...