Trump team guts AIDS-eradication programme and slashes HIV research grants

More than 200 federal grants for research related to HIV and AIDS have been abruptly terminated in the past few weeks.
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The administration of US President Donald Trump has hollowed out one of the federal offices aimed at ending the nation’s HIV epidemic. The move comes as the administration has also cut hundreds of grants funding HIV and AIDS research.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00969-5

With additional reporting by Max Kozlov.

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  • Correction 01 April 2025: An earlier version of this article misstated the date of the layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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