The CDC on Friday is scrubbing a swath of HIV-related content from the agency’s website as a part of Trump’s broader effort to wipe out DEI initiatives.
HIV has become a more manageable condition in recent years, but a full cure remains elusive. Now, scientists have found promise in permanently eliminating the virus, thanks to a drug already approved by the FDA to fight cancer.
Among the information scrubbed from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) websites was statistics on HIV among transgender people.
A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here's what a disruption of this drug regimen would mean.
These diseases had once been extraordinary rarities. When HIV hit, they were everywhere. I remember how I blew up gloves into balloons to distract the kids, so small and polite, their hair neatly braided. I remember how they died.
A move by the Trump administration to freeze funding for PEPFAR, the widely heralded international HIV/AIDS program, is putting countless lives at immediate risk, experts say.
The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis in countries supported by USAID around the globe.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said the drugs were likely obtained through healthcare fraud schemes and intended for resale on the black market.
Uganda sought to dispel fears among HIV patients that a US aid freeze will interrupt treatment and promised that such programs will continue.
As of Friday afternoon, the CDC scrubbed web pages about HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and gender identity after President Trump ordered an end to DEI programs.
Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to President Donald Trump's order rolling back protections for transgender people.