‘Game changer’: Georgia bill would let pharmacists prescribe HIV prevention drugs Georgia, which has the highest rate of new HIV infections, is moving to expand access to PrEP and PEP through local pharmacies — a step supporters say could reduce disparities and prevent new cases.

HEALTHBEAT: With highest rate of new HIV cases, Georgia moves to allow pharmacists to prescribe prevention drugs

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Effective but Underprescribed: HIV Prevention Meds Aren’t Reaching Enough People - KFF Health News PrEP has been available for more than a decade, but billing mistakes, lack of awareness, and lingering stigma keep many people from getting the lifesaving HIV prevention medication.

Effective but Underprescribed: HIV Prevention Meds Aren’t Reaching Enough People

Learn more here: kffhealthnews.org/MjE1MTg3Mw

Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

❗Live at 9:30amET, as part of #WorldAIDSDay Week of Action, the #SaveHIVFunding Campaign will ring the #NASDAQ opening bell, spotlighting the urgent need to protect #HIVprevention & care funding.

Watch live at:
NASDAQ Facebook: www.facebook.com/Nasdaq/

@prep4allnow.bsky.social @hivma.bsky.social

ACTION ALERT: Help Protect Cost-Free Preventive Health Care Preventive health services, such as cancer screenings, statins, hepatitis testing and PrEP for HIV, are at risk. Here’s how to save them.

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TAKE ACTION: In just 24 hours, supporters have sent 700 letters to their Senators telling Congress to protect PrEP access and other preventive care services from RFK, Jr.

Go to bit.ly/protect-prep2025 and take just two minutes to send letters to Congress to protect PrEP access and the USPSTF!

This legal fight is only possible because of grassroots supporters like you—thank you. You power our work, and now, your support is needed more than ever. If you can, please chip in today: prep4all.org/donate/2025/

NEWS: PrEP4All just filed a federal lawsuit against the HHS and the DOJ for failing to release the terms of their secretive settlement with Gilead Sciences.
Read our full statement: prep4all.org/doj-hhs-laws...

STATEMENT: PrEP4All Statement on FDA Approval of Lenacapavir as PrEP The long-anticipated approval of lenacapavir as a once every six-month injectable option for PrEP is a welcome development in the fight to end HIV as an epidemic. It is also a testament to the value…

My long-running client @prep4allnow.bsky.social—one of the leading advocacy groups working on HIV prevention in the U.S.—put out an excellent statement on lenacapavir's FDA approval last month.
prep4all.org/lenacapavir/

A Perfect Storm: “Gamechanger” HIV Prevention Medicine Launches In The Midst Of Health System And Public Health Cuts

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In a New Era of Fear for the HIV Community, Our Unity Is Our Strength “The political whiplash is frustrating, but the generational fear is worse,” writes Sean Leviashvili. “Still, I know where I come from. I come from a community of fighters.”

The political whiplash is frustrating, but the generational fear is worse,” writes Sean Leviashvili, an HIV and disability advocate and @prep4allnow.bsky.social volunteer. “Still, I know where I come from. I come from a community of fighters.” www.thebody.com/hiv/fear-hiv...

Of the 20 jurisdictions receiving the most federal funds to support housing programs for PLWH:

🏠 4 are in Florida (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa)
🏠 3 are in Texas (Houston, Dallas, TX state)
🏠 2 are in Georgia (Atlanta, GA state)

HIV and housing is a bipartisan issue. Support HOPWA.

ACTION ALERT: Don’t Drown Medicaid Users in Fees and Paperwork Late Sunday night the House Energy & Commerce (E&C) Committee released the text of their reconciliation bill. It shows that the House majority intends to carry out the largest cut to Medicaid ever by…

ACTION ALERT: Don’t Drown Medicaid Users in Fees and Paperwork

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With Massive Federal Cuts Looming, Red-State HIV Service Providers Brace for Their Worst Fears The Trump Administration’s plan to hollow out funding streams could decimate agencies in poor, conservative states that rely primarily on federal dollars.

The mix of looming funding cuts and a lack of government support mean that agencies serving such populations "might have to let go of positions or even close their doors entirely," says Maxx Boykin, PrEP4All, #SaveHIVFunding.

www.thebodypro.com/hiv/hiv-orga...

Supreme Court Heard Arguments on Preventive Health Care Coverage. How’d It Go? Experts weigh in on the SCOTUS case that could decide access to cost-free preventive care, like cancer screenings and PrEP to prevent HIV.

Supreme Court Heard Arguments on Preventive Health Care Coverage. How’d It Go? - POZ

www.poz.com/article/supr...

“Advocates Denounce Draconian Cuts to Federally Funded HIV Infrastructure”

Read full statement from #SaveHIVFunding Campaign at prep4all.org/statement_hhscuts.

On 4/21, SCOTUS will hear Kennedy v. Braidwood. Should SCOTUS rule against the govt, insurers may no longer be required to cover preventive care in full.

Hear from Lambda Legal's Jose Abrigo on the importance of preventive care.

🎥 by @prep4allnow.bsky.social

Mark S. King reports for @posaware.bsky.social on four #HIV advocates—Brian Minalga, Derrick Mapp, Maxx Boykin and Miriam Whitehead—who share their perspectives at the Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit.
positivelyaware.com/2025-prevention-summit

Head to our Insta instagram.com/treatmentactiongroup for more: HAPPENING NOW: AIDS ACTIVISTS DELIVER MOUNTAIN OF COFFINS IN FUNERAL PROCESSION OUTSIDE US STATE DEPARTMENT PROTESTING MARCO RUBIO'S ATTACKS ON PEPFAR IMPACTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV WORLDWIDE. @housingworksnyc.bsky.social

🚨Next week SCOTUS will hear the Braidwood case, which could dismantle part of the ACA requiring insurance companies to fully cover the cost of preventive care like PrEP—reducing access & spiking costs for 150M Americans

Follow @lambdalegal.org @glaad.bsky.social @prep4allnow.bsky.social for updates

Appointees’ Confusion Over HIV Programs May Lead To Funding Cuts

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HIV activists assemble to map out strategies

Read more here: www.positivelyaware.com/articles/hiv...

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.

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

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...

In the US women and girls make up 19% of new HIV cases and 23% of all people living with HIV. Congress is proposing over $700M in cuts to treatment and prevention. This #NWGHAAD, take action and tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.

...“We are at a point where we could end HIV as a global health threat. There are new interventions that PEPFAR has pioneered in supporting. Stopping this is derailing this great work,” Mitchell Warren continued. For more on the foreign aid freeze case, follow, avac.org/avac-vs-dept....

Our ED, Mitchell Warren told ABC News' @lipoftv.bsky.social, "The [foreign aid] freeze announced by the Trump Administration has had a chilling effect on global health. It's been an enormous challenge. The idea that programs have an on off switch is naive and destructive."

Gilead’s short-term win threatens the future of pharmaceutical public-private partnerships The settlement in U.S. v. Gilead could disturb the model of public-private partnership that sustains many of the United States’ most important medical breakthroughs.

Early actions of the second Trump administration…threaten horrific chaos. If [it] is interested in truly disrupting the status quo to Americans’ benefit, it should focus on the lessons of US v. Gilead — on disrupting the privatization of public knowledge. www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/h...

STATEMENT: Ending HIV Requires a Functional US Democracy & Government The rapid dismantling of US democratic norms over the past 3 weeks – including fundamental government protections and structures – threatens the nation’s democracy, diversity, society, and economy.

The HIV epidemic cannot be ended in a state of lawlessness where essential health agencies are gutted and funds are withheld without due cause and without reasonable warning.

Read More: prep4all.org/statement-en...

Trump Administration Highlights: Senate Advances Tulsi Gabbard, Signaling Quick Confirmation

PrEP4All's frequent collaborator @hivpxresearch.bsky.social
is lodging a federal lawsuit against the new US Presidential Administration “seeking emergency relief from the freeze on funding for foreign assistance”.

Read More: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Black people continue to be most affected by HIV, yet Congress is proposing over $700M in funding cuts to HIV resources needed by those most disproportionately impacted. This #NBHAAD, tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.