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HHS layoffs impact HIV/AIDS prevention and policy teams
Tuesday began a series of mass layoffs targeting staff, departments, and whole agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under…
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RFK Jr. shutters HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to fire the entire staff of the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, CBS News reports…
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Trump cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBT health questions
A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues…
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Trump admin moves to end federal HIV prevention programs
The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate all federal funding for domestic HIV prevention programs, a move that health experts say will undo decades of…
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Trump to end gender-affirming care for transgender veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will immediately phase out gender-affirming care medical treatments fortransgender veterans, citing…
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Poppers panic: Gays react to crackdown with alarm and humor
The gays will not sit quietly by as the FDA comes for their poppers. When the news broke that Double Scorpio – a company that sells lube, clothing…
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DEI removed from science agencies, but research continues
As soon as President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2025, he signed an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.” This order…