Federal funding cuts, delays undermine HIV response in North Carolina

Federal funding cuts, delays undermine HIV response in North Carolina

By Jennifer Fernandez The first domino fell when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t renew North Carolina’s $13.8 million HIV Prevention and Surveillance grant before it ran out on May 31.  The second blow came when the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services passed that nonrenewal along to 13 nonprofits across the state that had been using the money for HIV and syphilis testing. “It was like, how are we goi…