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U.S. will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day for first time since 1988
The current administration has also drastically slashed anti-HIV funding

U.S. will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day for first time since 1988 - LGBTQ Nation The current administration has also drastically slashed anti-HIV funding.

Compared with HIV-negative individuals, patients with HIV and AIDS demonstrated a significantly higher risk for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related noncervical cancers, underscoring the need for expanded HPV vaccination coverage.

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Amazing program!

How this KC CARE Health Center dentist champions patient-centered care and representation - Kansas City Business Journal Since childhood, she had envisioned herself helping people and working in medicine, ideally as the iconic doctor type we all know.

https://www.contagionlive.com/view/a-win-for-coverage-but-can-people-still-access-hiv-prevention-

A Win for Coverage, But Can People Still Access HIV Prevention? Carl Schmid on the Supreme Court ruling, proposed CDC cuts, stigma, and why equitable PrEP access, including new long-acting options, depends on more than insurance.

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Promoting Healthy Aging in People With HIV-Into a New Era - PubMed Promoting Healthy Aging in People With HIV-Into a New Era

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/05/nx-s1-5455806/cuts-to-hiv-research-funding-in-the-us-impacts-progress-towards-ending-the-epidemic

Cuts to HIV research funding in the US impacts progress towards ending the epidemic How will the Trump administration's cuts to HIV research impact the progress that's been made towards ending the epidemic in the U.S.?

The Part F components of the Ryan White HIV/ADIS Program are scheduled to end. Part F includes the Community-Based Dental Partnership Program, the Dental Reimbursement Program, the AIDS Education and Training Centers as well as the Special Projects of National significance. Please raise your voice to protect these vital services!

In a powerful co-authored article for USA TODAY, Jeanne White-Ginder, and Elton John reflect on the legacy of the Ryan White CARE Act and why now is a critical moment to protect and expand HIV prevention programs in the United States.

Passed just four months after Ryan’s death from AIDS in 1990 at the age of 18, the Ryan White CARE Act continues to provide essential care to over half a million Americans living with HIV.

The End the HIV Epidemic initiative has also already reduced new HIV infections by 21% in priority communities since its 2019 launch. But with proposed cuts to federal funding for HIV prevention and Medicaid on the table, this remarkable progress is at risk.

“Together, their investments over time have created this once-in-a-generation opportunity to end AIDS in America by 2030," said Elton John and Jeanne White-Ginder, Ryan White’s mother, as cuts are debated in Congress. “The game-changing opportunity of the moment is to scale up prevention medication that keeps people HIV-free… Ryan would expect nothing less.”

Read the full op-ed: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/06/24/medicaid-cuts-hiv-aids-medication-prep-funding/84286896007/

Great news!

FDA approves 6-month HIV prevention shot Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its six-month, twice-yearly HIV PrEP injection, which was found in trials to be more t…