"Decades of progress in HIV treatment and preventionin the United Statesis being derailed by the Trump administration, public health experts say - and without reversing course, the damage will be devastating. Threats to key federal programs are unfolding just as science has significantly advanced how easily patients can treat and manage HIV - leaving experts deeply frustrated. The development of a vaccine, which researchers believed was closer than ever to becoming a reality, is now dead in its tracks."
"Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reportedly been tasked with dismantling their own work at the agency's HIV prevention division. Researchers at the state level are also struggling. At one of the country's oldest and largest historically Black medical schools in Tennessee, $2 million in federal HIV research funding has been scrapped. Federal programs funding the country's pivotal HIV services are in danger of being defunded or eliminated completely."
Decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention in the United States are being derailed by federal policy and spending decisions under the Trump administration, creating the risk of devastating outcomes. Recent scientific advances, including a nearer-term vaccine prospect and an FDA-approved twice-yearly PrEP dose, face stalled progress and affordability concerns. CDC staff have reportedly been tasked with dismantling HIV prevention work, state researchers face funding losses, and a major historically Black medical school lost $2 million in federal research funding. Medicaid cuts jeopardize coverage for roughly four in ten Americans living with HIV, with new paperwork rules set to begin in 2027.
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