Tagged HIV/AIDS

Scientists Succeed in Destroying HIV-Infected Cells

Paris’ Institut Pasteur announced a potential breakthrough in finding new methods of treating HIV after successfully destroying cells infected with HIV, reported Gay Star News. Scientists at the Institut use...

Trump Renews HIV Treatment Law

President Donald Trump signed a bill into law which will give billions of dollars in lifesaving HIV treatment, reported Vox. Trump renewed the law, called President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)...

Trump Administration Stops Study into Possible HIV Cure

The Trump administration shut down a study into treatment for HIV in September, reported Science magazine. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) forbid National Institute of Health (NIH) scientis...

New Attorney General Nominee has Discriminatory Past Regarding HIV/AIDS

Donald Trump announced on Friday that he nominated William Barr as the new Attorney General of the United States. According to Gay Star News, Barr has a discriminatory history against people living with HIV. ...

HIV/AIDS council Set to Hold Meeting — But Trump Still Hasn’t Appointed Members

The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS is set to hold a meeting in March, even though the council still has no members nearly a year after President Trump terminated its remaining advisers without explan...