Trump Once Vowed To End HIV in America. His Funding Cuts Are Rolling Back Progress.

Trump Once Vowed To End HIV in America. His Funding Cuts Are Rolling Back Progress.

In his first term, President Donald Trump promised to end America’s HIV epidemic — and he put the resources of the federal government behind the effort. This time, he has deployed the powers of his office to gut funding, abandoning those communities at highest risk of HIV.  Health care groups across the South are scaling back HIV testing and outreach because of the Trump administration’s budget cuts and layoffs.  A small clinic in Hattiesburg, M…

HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts Gutted as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep U.S. South

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U.S. South, and researchers warn of a resurgence of the epidemic in the region

HIV Testing and Outreach Falter as Trump Cuts Sweep the South

By Amy MaxmenJACKSON, Miss. — Storm clouds hung low above a community center in Jackson, where pastor Andre Devine invited people inside for lunch. Hoagies with smoked turkey and ham drew the crowd, but several people lingered for free preventive health care: tests for HIV and other diseases, flu shots, and blood pressure and glucose monitoring.Between greetings, Devine, executive director of the nonprofit group Hearts for the Homeless, commiser…

US Businesses Are Here to Help the Trump Administration Keep its Pledge to End HIV

A coalition of over 100 US companies is supporting the federal initiative to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, but legal and funding threats now jeopardize this progress and the significant health and economic benefits it promises.

Trump Once Vowed To End HIV in America. His Funding Cuts Are Rolling Back Progress. – RamaOnHealthcare

In his first term, President Donald Trump promised to end America’s HIV epidemic — and he put the resources of the federal government behind the effort. This time, he has deployed the powers of his office to gut funding, abandoning those communities at highest risk of HIV. Health care groups across the South are scaling [...]

Trump Budget Slashes Chronic Disease Prevention Funding

President Trump’s new budget proposal would cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s funding nearly in half—and eliminate its chronic disease division entirely.