South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.

The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug companies, too.

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Turning VHS Tapes of Gay Men’s Choruses Into a Powerful Celebration

Matthew Leifheit’s “No Time at All,” culled from recordings made at the height of the AIDS crisis, plays through speakers nestled in the New York City AIDS Memorial.

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Used in Covid Shots, mRNA May Help Rid the Body of H.I.V.

A new study shows how the technology deployed in Covid vaccines helped scientists coax the virus out of hiding.

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Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs

The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.”

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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.

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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.

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Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas?

The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.

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C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say

The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.

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For John Green, It’s Tuberculosis All the Way Down

The best-selling author “got a little emotional” while talking with The Times about the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Listen to the conversation.

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Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C.

The move comes after a series of cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide. Some functions might be moved to another agency, officials said.

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