Statements from the Trump administration that officials are considering cuts to key programs for the prevention of HIV and AIDS are generating outrage among two of the largest LGBTQ+ service organizations in Southern California. Leaders of the LGBT Center in Los Angeles and DAP Health in the Coachella Valley said that a sharp cut in
Imogen Foulkes BBC Geneva correspondent AFP US funding cuts will lead to an additional 2,000 new HIV infections each day and over six million further deaths over the next four years, the UNAids chief has warned. It would mark a stark reversal in the global fight against HIV, which has seen the number of deaths
The Trump administration is planning to make cost-saving cuts by merging two similar HIV/AIDS prevention programs run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an administration official told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. The cuts will pertain to administrative costs and DEI-related spending. The tentative proposal,
Last Updated:March 12, 2025, 14:56 IST A Lancet study shows promising results for an annual HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir. In Stage 1 trials, 40 HIV-negative participants had no significant side effects Although the study showed that the injection was safe and highly effective, the small sample size of the study limits the generalisability of the
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images An annual injection designed to guard against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has completed an important early safety trial, researchers report in The Lancet medical journal. Lenacapavir stops the virus from replicating inside cells. If future trials go well – now it has passed the first, Phase
In court in Washington, D.C., a judge has ordered the Trump administration to release millions of dollars in frozen foreign aid. And there are supposed to be waivers for “life saving humanitarian assistance” like HIV medications….. But thousands of miles away, some HIV aid groups says the waivers are not working and funds are not
Jack Fenwick Political reporter PA Media The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C unless they opt out at almost 90 Accident and Emergency (A&E) units in England, the BBC can reveal. The government is rolling out a £27m expansion of the scheme to 30 new hospitals, saying it could
An MP has revealed he is living with HIV during a House of Commons debate. Kevin McKenna, Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP, became the third MP to share his HIV status as he spoke in a debate in Westminster Hall on Thursday. Mr McKenna said visiting friends with HIV in hospital as a young man helped
Sir Keir Starmer becomes the first sitting prime minister to take a public HIV test. Joined by Terrence Higgins Trust representatives, the PM took a rapid home test to raise awareness of National HIV Testing Week. The government has committed to ending new HIV cases in England by 2030, with a new HIV Action Plan
Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. Subsequent waivers from the State Department have clarified that the work can continue, but the funds and legal paperwork to do so are still missing.