NIH To Phase Out Guidelines On HIV Treatments

The Washington Post reports:

The National Institutes of Health’s support for federal guidelines that steer the treatment of more than a million HIV patients in the United States will be phased out by next June, according to the agency’s Office of AIDS Research, a move that troubled some doctors and raised questions about whether the guidelines themselves will change.

It is unclear whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to bring the guidance in line with his own controversial views about an infectious disease that 30 years ago was the leading cause of death for people 25 to 44 years old.

The guidelines, detailed recommendations on how to diagnose and treat medical conditions, can affect what tests, treatments and medications are covered by insurance companies and Medicare, said Aniruddha Hazra, associate professor of medicine at University of Chicago Medicine.

Read the full article. Kennedy has said that AIDS is caused by using poppers.

DISASTROUS: all federal #HIV guidelines are scheduled for elimination in June 2026 by @HHSGov OAR. Send comments asap to OARACinfo@nih.gov. Federal guidelines (ART, OI, perinatal, etc.) are essential for care providers & for responsible federal spending on HIV. Please share. pic.twitter.com/mdye8esn2k

— Melanie Thompson (@drmt) June 18, 2025