Rep. Garcia of Long Beach Asks RFK Jr. to Explain Targeting of HIV/AIDS Funding for Cuts

Garcia writes to HHS Secretary about the dismantling of HIV programs in Trump’s second term

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter on Thursday to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding answers about the Trump-Vance administration’s “systematic” elimination of programs to fight HIV in the U.S. and around the world. Also signed by Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, the letter requests information about cuts to federal support for HIV research,…

Rep. Garcia of Long Beach asks RFK Jr. to explain targeting of HIV/AIDS funding for cuts

In a letter, the Long Beach Democrat asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to produce documents around cuts to HIV/AIDS funding under the Trump administration.

US flagship HIV and AIDS programme saved from spending cuts

Republican Senators took out a $400 million cut to PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief programme, from a new bill that seeks to massively curb US government spending. The amendment still needs to be approved and go back to the House of Representatives for another round of voting.

New push to save key HIV programme Pepfar from Trump’s aid cuts

The US Senate votes to keep money for the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief from a package of more than $9 billion in cuts going through Congress

PEPFAR Funding Protection Offers “hope” For People Living With HIV - Data Intelligence

This move is in part due to Republican Senator Susan Collins who announced her opposition to the PEPFAR cuts on 4 June. Image credit: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images The White House’s decision to safeguard $400m in President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding to support the global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emergency provides “hope” to people living with the virus, the International Aids Society (IAS) has stated. On 15 J…

Lawmakers signal plan to protect PEPFAR from cuts

IDSA and HIVMA urged lawmakers to also preserve crucial infrastructure and other programs that support PEPFAR's implementation.