Federal funding cuts could impact HIV prevention efforts, local nonprofit says

The global fight against HIV/AIDS, in chaos - The Washington Post

Shakeups in U.S. foreign aid have upended the global fight against HIV/AIDS — one of the world’s most serious infectious diseases — and the lives of mothers and children living with HIV.

Former UCSD teacher has different perspective on federal funding cuts

Re “What’s in store for UCSD? With campus leaders largely mum, faculty and students are on edge” (March 31): Your story about UC San Diego “leadership” decrying reductions in federal funds for scientific research is amusing and absurd. During my almost three decades teaching and working at UCSD, I witnessed its STEM departments charging taxpayers a ridiculous amount for indirect costs. Those funds went to the chancellor’s office, part of a slush…

Federal funding cuts could impact HIV prevention efforts, local nonprofit says

Local health advocates say efforts to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. by 2030 could be jeopardized by recent federal funding cuts.

HIV prevention was making great strides. Then Trump’s budget axe fell

Layoffs at the CDC gutted branches responsible for a slew of HIV prevention services, imperiling decades of progress.

Two decades ago (between 2004 and 2008) non-AIDS cancer affected 11% of people with HIV and the main cause of death was the complications related to the virus, which accounted for 42% of deaths. This percentage has fallen to 17% thanks to antiretroviral treatments and the increase in life expectancy of those affected. On the other hand, deaths due to cardiovascular disease have almost quadrupled in these two decades, so that if between 2004 and …

Trump Reduce H.I.V. Funding. My Sufferers Are Scared.

A affected person was just lately desirous about beginning pre-exposure prophylaxis, often known as PrEP, to guard himself from getting H.I.V. A Black man who had misplaced many pals to AIDS, he was nervous however desirous to strive it. After we mentioned his sexual practices and I reviewed his blood work, I believed he was a fantastic candidate. After I requested whether or not he most well-liked the once-daily tablet or the long-acting inject…