CDC’s HIV Prevention Division Targeted For Elimination

NBC News reports:

The Trump administration is considering a plan to eliminate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s division focused on HIV prevention and potentially move its responsibilities over to another department within the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a source familiar with the plan.

HIV prevention advocates — who began hearing rumors of the possible move earlier Tuesday — warned the drastic change could force states to bear the burden on prevention programs and could cost U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars if the virus resurges.

The CDC’s division is responsible for tracking HIV infections across the U.S., conducting research — in some cases with outside groups — on HIV transmission, and promote testing and prevention, such as the use of the HIV prevention pill, known as PrEP.

Read the full article. The Trump administration has already gutted George W. Bush’s highly successful PEPFAR program in Africa, potentially leaving millions without access to HIV medication.

The Trump administration is expected to drastically downsize the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention, a senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. https://t.co/ntkDty6Ivv

— NBC News Health (@NBCNewsHealth) March 18, 2025

Oh…

The WSJ is reporting that the Trump administration and HHS are looking at ways to “drastically” cut funding for HIV prevention.

Cruelty is the point with Republicans.

MAGA = Make AIDS Great Again.

— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 18, 2025

HIV PREVENTION IN US: Administration wants to cut all HIV prevention at CDC? Give it a rest- go after something else. Restore full NIH funding, PEPFAR, USAID, CDC – you don’t want an out-of-control HIV epidemic on your heads with drug resistance, you don’thttps://t.co/R6OTrFt5Sc

— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) March 18, 2025