The Trump administration considers the downsizing of the HIV efforts to the CDC
During his first term, President Donald J. Trump revealed a bold initiative to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030 by focusing on 57 jurisdictions with the most urgent needs.The plan, which Trump announced in 2019 to a speech on the state of the Union, surprised the defense groups. But it was widely praised and successful.By 2022, the plan had demolished new infections at a national level of 30 percent in teenagers and young adults and about 10 percent in most other groups.This time, the position of the Trump Administration on the HIV seems to be much otherwise.The Department of Health and Human Services is now considering closing the HIV prevention division of the Centers for the control and prevention of diseases and moving some of its activities to a different agency, acco...