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16-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Elton John and Brandi Carlile Unite to Raise $1 Million to Offset Trump Cuts in HIV/AIDS Relief Funding
The Elton John AIDS Foundation and Brandi Carlile's Looking Out Foundation announced an initiative — the 'Who Believes In Angels?' Campaign — to offset recent cuts to HIV/AIDS relief funding by the Trump Administration. 'Without prompt action, decades of progress in the global fight against HIV could be reversed, creating a global health crisis that we have both the power and the tools to prevent,' said Elton John, founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. 'Our mission is more important than ever – we refuse to leave anyone behind – and I'm so fortunate that Brandi is not only a wonderful collaborator and artist, but a dear friend who shares my vision of a world where HIV care is prioritized and protected.' More from Variety Sundance Festival Favorite Doc 'Come See Me in the Good Light' Lands at Apple TV+ Madonna and Elton John Finally End Their Feud, Decades After He Slammed Her for Lip-Syncing: 'Forgiveness Is a Powerful Tool' Elton John and Brandi Carlile on Reinventing the Collaborative Album With 'Who Believes in Angels?': 'We Couldn't Do Steve and Eydie - We Had to Go In Hell-for-Leather' The partnership, named after the recent collaborative album by the two artists, unites their foundatins and communities to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation's work and its Rocket Response Fund. This emergency initiative will help Elton John AIDS Foundation's partners maintain essential services following significant cuts in funding due to the termination of USAID support. The Rocket Response Fund will direct resources to reopen clinics, restore access to essential medications, and maintain prevention services, according to the announcement. Donations to the campaign can be made here via the Looking Out Foundation. International funding has been critical to reducing new HIV transmissions and deaths worldwide. However, many countries in addition to the U.S. are now considering cuts to aid. Recent projections from The Lancet HIV, based on data from 26 countries, estimate that up to 10.8 million additional HIV cases and 2.9 million HIV-related deaths could occur by 2030 if international support declines. 'It was a lifelong dream come true for me to come together with my hero and friend Elton John to make our album 'Who Believes in Angels?,' and now, we're excited to announce that our foundations are also partnering to make our music mean even more,' said Carlile, founder of the Looking Out Foundation. 'Elton's activism and work with the Elton John AIDS Foundation was what led me to Elton before I even heard a note of his music. It's an incredible honor to launch this partnership and raise funds for the life-saving work of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the Rocket Response Fund at a time when support is needed the most.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in April 2025 The Best Celebrity Memoirs to Read This Year: From Chelsea Handler to Anthony Hopkins
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Elton John AIDS Foundation & Brandi Carlile's Foundation Team Up Following Trump Administration Drastic Cuts to HIV/AIDS Funding
The Elton John AIDS Foundation and Brandi Carlile's Looking Out Foundation announced a new initiative on Wednesday (April 16) to address what they call an urgent global humanitarian crisis caused by recent drastic cuts to HIV/AIDS funding in the U.S. The emergency initiative 'Who Believes in Angels?' campaign — named in honor of the duo's recent joint album of the same name — will bring communities together to raise funds for John's long-running AIDS Foundation and its Rocket Response Fund to continue their lifesaving work around the globe. 'Without prompt action, decades of progress in the global fight against HIV could be reversed, creating a global health crisis that we have both the power and the tools to prevent,' John said in a statement about the urgent need to raise funds in the wake of the Trump administration's termination of USAID support for such efforts. 'Our mission is more important than ever – we refuse to leave anyone behind – and I'm so fortunate that Brandi is not only a wonderful collaborator and artist, but a dear friend who shares my vision of a world where HIV care is prioritized and protected.' More from Billboard Luke Bryan Reacts to Katy Perry's Space Flight: 'It Roped Me In' King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Preview 'Phantom Island' LP With New Single, 'Deadstick' Adrianne Lenker Details New Live Album, 'Live at Revolution Hall' According to the statement, the Rocket Response Fund will direct resources to open shuttered clinics, restore access to essential medications and maintain prevention services to ensure that people around the world can get the HIV care they need. The Hill reported this week that the deep cuts enacted by Health and Human Services (HHS) Sec. Robert F. Kennedy to the nation's public health workforce as part of Trump's drastic cuts to the government workforce threaten to undo decades of working combating HIV, as well as potentially delaying upcoming scientific advances. Kennedy's plans to reduce HHS staffing by 20% will effectively zero-out a number of divisions within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hit especially hard are offices focused on HIV/AIDS, including the firing of the entire staff of the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, as well as the lay-off of one-quarter of the Global Health Center Division of Global HIV and TB, as well as the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention. In addition, five branches of the CDC's HIV prevention division were entirely eliminated, including the research, surveillance and prevention communication branches. Hit particularly hard were grants for HIV research focused on transgender, Black and Latino individuals — who've been disproportionately impacted by the epidemic — in what the Hill said was likely tied to the Trump team's efforts to eliminate what they deem diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in federal agencies. The Hill noted that before being named as HHS secretary, Kennedy publicly questioned whether the HIV virus causes AIDS and promoted the unsubstantiated belief that AIDS could be cause by the recreational drug known as 'poppers,' which is popular in the gay community; the CDC and World Health Organization have long acknowledged that if left untreated HIV can lead to AIDS. 'It was a lifelong dream come true for me to come together with my hero and friend Elton John to make our album Who Believes In Angels? and now, we're excited to announce that our foundations are also partnering to make our music mean even more,' said Carlile in a statement. 'Elton's activism and work with the Elton John AIDS Foundation was what led me to Elton before I even heard a note of his music. It's an incredible honor to launch this partnership and raise funds for the life-saving work of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the Rocket Response Fund at a time when support is needed the most.' The announcement noted that international funding has been crucial to reducing new HIV transmission and deaths worldwide. But with a number of countries joining the U.S. in considering aid cuts the Lancet HIV projected that — based on data from 26 countries — up to 10.8 million additional HIV cases and 2.9 million HIV-related deaths could occur by 2030 if international support dries up. Donations to the campaign — which the Looking Out Foundation will match dollar-for-dollar through Friday morning (April 18) — can be made here. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elton John and Brandi Carlile Unite to Raise $1 Million to Offset Trump Cuts in HIV/AIDS Relief Funding
The Elton John AIDS Foundation and Brandi Carlile's Looking Out Foundation announced an initiative — the 'Who Believes In Angels?' Campaign — to offset recent cuts to HIV/AIDS relief funding by the Trump Administration. 'Without prompt action, decades of progress in the global fight against HIV could be reversed, creating a global health crisis that we have both the power and the tools to prevent,' said Elton John, founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. 'Our mission is more important than ever – we refuse to leave anyone behind – and I'm so fortunate that Brandi is not only a wonderful collaborator and artist, but a dear friend who shares my vision of a world where HIV care is prioritized and protected.' More from Variety Sundance Festival Favorite Doc 'Come See Me in the Good Light' Lands at Apple TV+ Madonna and Elton John Finally End Their Feud, Decades After He Slammed Her for Lip-Syncing: 'Forgiveness Is a Powerful Tool' Elton John and Brandi Carlile on Reinventing the Collaborative Album With 'Who Believes in Angels?': 'We Couldn't Do Steve and Eydie - We Had to Go In Hell-for-Leather' The partnership, named after the recent collaborative album by the two artists, unites their foundatins and communities to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation's work and its Rocket Response Fund. This emergency initiative will help Elton John AIDS Foundation's partners maintain essential services following significant cuts in funding due to the termination of USAID support. The Rocket Response Fund will direct resources to reopen clinics, restore access to essential medications, and maintain prevention services, according to the announcement. Donations to the campaign can be made here via the Looking Out Foundation. International funding has been critical to reducing new HIV transmissions and deaths worldwide. However, many countries in addition to the U.S. are now considering cuts to aid. Recent projections from The Lancet HIV, based on data from 26 countries, estimate that up to 10.8 million additional HIV cases and 2.9 million HIV-related deaths could occur by 2030 if international support declines. 'It was a lifelong dream come true for me to come together with my hero and friend Elton John to make our album 'Who Believes in Angels?,' and now, we're excited to announce that our foundations are also partnering to make our music mean even more,' said Carlile, founder of the Looking Out Foundation. 'Elton's activism and work with the Elton John AIDS Foundation was what led me to Elton before I even heard a note of his music. It's an incredible honor to launch this partnership and raise funds for the life-saving work of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the Rocket Response Fund at a time when support is needed the most.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in April 2025 The Best Celebrity Memoirs to Read This Year: From Chelsea Handler to Anthony Hopkins
