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1026 Arch Street office moving to West Philadelphia
1026 Arch Street office moving to West Philadelphia After ten years of rewarding work, Action Wellness will be closing our office at 1026 Arch Street due to changes in the…
Action Wellness has expanded in West Philadelphia
Action Wellness is expanding to serve even more individuals with HIV, AIDS and other chronic illnesses. The organization is now offering primary care three days a week, and support services…
ActionAIDS has a new name!
ActionAIDS changes name to Action Wellness, reflecting an expanded mission and target population. HISTORY: In September of 1986, a group of 84 committed volunteers came together to form a…
Action Alert: Keep “340B Pharmacy Program” Funding for AIDS Service Organizations
ActionAIDS and other medical case management providers all across the country need your help! The Health Resources Service Administration is seeking comments on proposed guidelines for the 340B Pharmacy Program.…
On the Run for ActionAIDS (Part II)
Hello friends of ActionAIDS! AJ and Han are back with a (long-overdue) update of theirPhiladelphia Marathon training and fundraising progress. A lot has happened since our first post way back…
Health Care Disparities Update: Transgender People and HIV/AIDS
Editor’s Note: Last week the transgender Pride flag flew over Philadelphia City Hall – a first, which we hope will become an annual event. Following on that, Dr. Rachel Levine,…
ActionAIDS Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the initiative of Deborah Groeber, one of our indefatigable Development Department team members (pictured below with Senator Tom Harkin), ActionAIDS was proud to have participated with…
Safe Ink – Tattooing and HIV Transmission Risk
Editor’s Note: In this guest blog posting, our Temple University communications student intern Cambriae Bates discusses the health risks, including HIV transmission, involved in tattooing. Think about the different ways…
Dining Out for Life 2015 – Celebrating 25 Years of Fellowship, Generosity, and Good Food
With Dining Out for Life once again approaching in a few weeks – on April 30, to be precise – we thought in this milestone 25th anniversary year, we’d offer…
On the Run for ActionAIDS
Editor’s Note: In this blog post, we introduce guest bloggers AJ Young and Han Meadway, who will be Marathoning for ActionAIDS. They are both training to run their first…
Guest Blog: PENN Clinical Trials Unit – Treating Chronic Inflammation in People with HIV
Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to present this guest blog by Pablo Tebas, MD, the Principal Investigator at the University of Pennsylvania HIV Clinical Trials Unit – a leading research facility…
In the News: Our Own Jay Johnson
Editor’s Note: One of the perks of employment at ActionAIDS is the opportunity to work side by side truly great co-workers. It’s been such a pleasure to get to know…