The Supreme Court upholds free preventive care, but its future now rests in RFK Jr.’s hands

The justices ruled that a key preventive health task force has authority because it is appointed by the Health and Human Services secretary. Some experts worry that RFK Jr. could politicize it.

Kristefer Stojanovski, Assistant Professor of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Tulane University • conversation
July 2, 2025 • ~9 min

Gay Men’s Health Crisis showed how everyday people stepped up when institutions failed during the height of the AIDS epidemic – providing a model for today

Despite funding cuts, political scapegoating and internal tensions, thousands of volunteers came together in the 1980s to provide care to a stigmatized community.

Eden Lowinger, Research Assistant in Social Work, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
June 18, 2025 • ~12 min

Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs

Withdrawing or reducing aid has immediate and often fatal effects − not only for the countries receiving aid but for people around the globe.

Kathryn Rhine, Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
May 19, 2025 • ~12 min

Preventive care may no longer be free in 2026 because of HIV stigma − unless the Trump administration successfully defends the ACA

After a group of employers refused to provide their employees access to free HIV prevention treatment, the Supreme Court may decide whether insurers are required to fully cover preventive care.

Paul Shafer, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University • conversation
April 15, 2025 • ~12 min

USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security

USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.

Nicole Hassoun, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
Feb. 25, 2025 • ~8 min

CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies

The CDC was instrumental in eradicating smallpox, identifying the causes of HIV and encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 shot.

Jordan Miller, Teaching Professor of Public Health, Arizona State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2025 • ~10 min

Vaccine for HIV kickstarts key immune cell shift

"A successful vaccine will need to induce lot of antibodies that target key regions of the virus, so these results are... a promising step."

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Jan. 21, 2025 • ~3 min

Highly Effective HIV Drug to Be Offered at Low Cost to Poor Countries
VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 16, 2024 • ~6 min

2 shots per year cut HIV infection risk by 96%

"Seeing these high levels of efficacy—at almost 100%—in an injectable that people only have to take every six months is incredible."

Emory University • futurity
Dec. 10, 2024 • ~8 min

What you should know about ‘breakthrough’ HIV drug

A "significant breakthrough" in HIV prevention could be on the horizon, according to the World Health Organization. An expert explains what you should know.

Yale • futurity
Oct. 10, 2024 • ~11 min

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