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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) welcomed the engagement of Member States at the 2026 United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, while emphasizing that millions of people living with HIV still do not have access to lifesaving treatment, and an estimated 1.2 million people acquire HIV each year. As governments reaffirm their commitment to ending AIDS as a public health threat, AHF urged that political promises be matched by the resources needed to turn commitmen...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor that empowers investors to align their capital with Jewish values, today announced several milestones as 2026 approaches the half-year mark, including more than doubling assets since the inception in February 2025 of TOV, the pioneering Jewish values-oriented exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsored by JLens, reflecting net investor inflows and market performance. The JLens Jewish Investor Network – which includes many of the largest...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (“AAGLA”) (www.aagla.org) announced today that it has filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the California Supreme Court petitioning a decision rendered by the State of California Court of Appeals, Second District, in its lawsuit seeking to prohibit the City of Los Angeles’ enforcement of Ordinance No. 187763 (“Threshold Ordinance”). Under the Threshold Ordinance, a financial threshold of past due rent (equal t...

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--El Grupo Técnico de Trabajo Latinoamericano, integrado por exministros de salud de la región, expertos en salud pública, epidemiólogos, académicos y representantes de la sociedad civil, publicó un nuevo comentario en The Lancet en el que sostiene que Latinoamérica necesita urgentemente una plataforma regional de respuesta rápida para prevenir, prepararse y responder ante amenazas infecciosas. Leer el texto completo en The Lancet aquí. El comentario, escrito co...

MEXICO CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Latin American Technical Working Group, composed of former health ministers from the region, public health experts, epidemiologists, academics, and civil society representatives, published a new comment in The Lancet arguing that Latin America urgently needs a regional rapid-response platform to prevent, prepare for, and respond to infectious threats. Read the full text in The Lancet here. The comment, written collectively by the Technical Working Group, takes...

Edmonton, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week’s announcement that the UCP government is pushing forward with a two-tier private healthcare model spells more bad news for Albertans needing care and for our entire public healthcare system. Despite a legal opinion substantiating that Bill 11 breaches the Canada Health Act, this government is determined to push forward with their privatization agenda to enrich their friends and healthcare insurance companies at the expense of Albertans. “The announced r...

WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ELFA and Secured Finance Network Joint Statement on Proposed Basel III Regulatory Capital Rule...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council (SRC), an independent, nonpartisan group of financial experts and former policymakers, has issued a public comment letter warning about recent proposals by U.S. banking regulators to implement the final phase of the Basel III international capital standards. Basel III is a global framework developed after the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) to ensure banks hold enough capital to absorb losses and continue lending during eco...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Members of CUPE 2722 at Oxfam Canada are officially on strike after the employer failed to reach a fair collective agreement that reflects the organization's stated commitments to feminist principles, equity, and social justice. The strike comes after over a year of negotiations in which workers sought to protect key workplace rights and maintain language that supports fairness and dignity for all employees. Outstanding issues include leave provisions for gende...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dans le cadre du lancement de la campagne mondiale Freedom from Debt, près de 50 équipes nationales et partenaires d'AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) vont lancer des actions de sensibilisation en présentiel et en ligne afin de réclamer des réformes urgentes du système mondial de la dette, qui empêche les pays en voie de développement d’investir dans les soins de santé, l’éducation et d’autres besoins humains fondamentaux. L'injustice de la dette appelle un système...