Elon Musk's recent criticism of USAID funding cuts has led to the freezing of foreign aid by the Trump administration, halting a crucial clinical trial for experimental HIV vaccines in eight African countries. Researchers had prepared to test the safety and efficacy of two promising vaccines, but funding elimination has forced cancellations. This decision endangers not only HIV vaccine research but also affects the President's Malaria Initiative, leaving many life-saving projects in jeopardy and highlighting the significant impact of US foreign aid on global health efforts.
It would be unethical to start a study that you can't guarantee you can continue, calling Trump's decision to cut off aid as 'tectonic.'
The vaccines are in the country... the regulators have approved the study. [Clinicians] at the sites have been trained.
The funding freeze caught its staffers, some of whom have built entire careers around the initiative, by surprise.
With the Trump administration yanking all funding, Gray and her colleagues had to cancel the trials.
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