Organizers are concerned about access to services like testing and access to preventive drugs after the layoff of health department staff who worked on HIV and sexual health.
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The layoffs “were done without the prior knowledge or approval of the Georgia Department of Public Health,” spokesperson Nancy Nydam said. “DPH is reviewing the actions.”
The Together Take Me Home project, based at Emory University in Atlanta, has delivered almost 750,000 free home testing kits to people across the country over the past three years.
A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in Mississippi, and researchers warn of a resurgence of the epidemic in the region.
The terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or geographically. Of the organizations that had grants cut in the first month, about 40% are in states President Donald Trump won in November.
We have more effective tools for HIV prevention than ever before. But the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the programs that deliver them could squander an historic opportunity to end the epidemic.
Five of 10 HIV branches have been eliminated by last week’s massive cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“Cuts at the CDC impact health, national security, community wellness, jobs in Atlanta, and faith in our day to day,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said.
The federal agency funds $50 million of efforts to reduce HIV in Georgia, which had the second-highest rate of new cases in 2022.
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Among states, Georgia has the highest rate of new HIV infections, but residents — especially women and Black patients — are often not getting PrEP, a lifesaving preventive drug, data shows.
At a GSU Clarkston health fair, workers expressed pride in their efforts to contribute to metro Atlanta’s well-being. But many worried whether actions threatened by Trump could hamper their mission.
Those who’ve spent years striving to protect people who use drugs from overdose and illness say the work is stymied in part by politicians who contend such programs encourage illegal drug use.
In 2023, 1,686 people in the city were newly diagnosed with HIV, an increase of 7.6% since 2022, according to new data from the Health Department.
Preliminary CDC data from 2023 suggest Latino New Yorkers outpaced other racial and ethnic groups in HIV diagnoses for the first time in a decade.