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20M lives at risk after funding for AIDS medication suspended

8 points by basementcat 2y ago

basementcat 2y ago
If treatment is stopped, viral load is expected to return to pretreatment levels within a few weeks. This is potentially a human caused public health disaster. Similar programs for treating individuals with TB, malaria and other illnesses have also been suspended. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-order-set-halt-supply-hiv-malaria-drugs-poor-countries-sources-say-2025-01-28/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...
TobySKT 2y ago
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