Overview
- Furnish reports John is recuperating at home and focused on parenting their sons Zachary and Elijah, which he says drove the decision to step away from touring.
- John lost sight in his right eye and has limited vision in his left after a severe 2024 infection, with progress described previously as slow but hopeful.
- The Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 34th Academy Awards Viewing Party returns to West Hollywood with co-hosts Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka and a performance by Lola Young.
- Furnish warns that government cutbacks, including 16,000 people in Florida losing HIV coverage, are creating service gaps that prompted EJAF to raise its Rocket Fund goal to $200 million.
- EJAF points to solutions such as long-acting injectable PrEP and Zipline drone delivery in Kenya, with $150 million from the U.S. State Department supporting expansion of the drone network.