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A proposed OMB rule would let political appointees veto or cancel federal research grants, dismantling the peer-review system and targeting the disparate-impact analysis that maps where HIV concentrates and why. For people living with HIV, that research is the foundation of Ending the HIV Epidemic. The comment period closes July 13.

On April 24, 2026, a nurse in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) developed a fever. She died three days later. Her samples were tested locally and returned negative, because...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives: 2026 Update on May 18, 2026, presenting the most recent national picture of the U.S. HIV...

On April 24, 2026, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a Dear Colleague letter that withdraws federal funding eligibility from fentanyl test strips, sterile...

For a long time, I thought advocacy meant surviving the next appointment. I thought it meant learning how to explain my pain better, how to prepare for another referral visit, how to justify why I...

States are rationing HIV medications through prior auth and formulary cuts to solve ADAP budget crises — a strategy that costs more, drives resistance, and concentrates harm on the most vulnerable.

ADAPs achieve 87% viral suppression but face funding crisis as multiple policies erode 340B rebates.

FY2026 preserves HIV funding but level funding can't support long-acting therapeutics or growing needs.

Q1 2026 Watch: HCV/HIV co-infection treatment access under evolving federal and state policies.

2025 healthcare crises result from policy choices as ACA subsidies expire, HIV care deteriorates, and state pricing experiments proliferate.

HIV care system deterioration from administrative obstruction and funding delays presages catastrophic effects of potential budget cuts.

Federal policy changes including Medicaid work requirements and ADAP eligibility restrictions threaten access to HIV medications.

Q4 2025 Watch monitoring HCV treatment access and federal initiatives including Cure Hepatitis C Act.

Government shutdown disrupts grant payments to community health centers and crisis service providers, threatening vulnerable population access.

Proposed PEPFAR defunding would eliminate the world's most successful global HIV program and damage international health capacity.

Q3 2025 Watch: critical analysis including Cure Hepatitis C Act proposing subscription treatment models.

Impending HIV care crisis results from Medicaid work requirements, federal funding cuts, and healthcare system fragmentation.

RFK Jr's budget testimony reveals plans to restructure HHS agencies and shift funding away from infectious disease prevention.

HHS budget proposal would eliminate critical HIV prevention funding and reduce Ryan White HIV/AIDS program resources.

Q2 2025 Watch monitoring HCV and HIV treatment access through ADAPs, Medicaid, and federal assistance.