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Significant funding cuts to the CDC, Ryan White AIDS Program, PEPFAR and other programs are on the table.

Bertagnolli is committed to making clinical trials faster, more inclusive and more responsive.

UCSF bestowed former House Speaker Pelosi with the first-ever Bay Area Global Health Alliance Leadership Award for her work fighting HIV.

In a letter to lawmakers, the Bush Institute and amfAR back the reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Monica Bertagnoli was asked about issues ranging from high drug prices to the opioid crisis to gender-affirming care.

Shutdown could affect NIH, CDC, community health centers and HIV/AIDS programs, but Medicare and Medicaid payments won’t stop immediately.

Proposal would cut $1.6 billion from the CDC, decimating Trump’s Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative.

LGBTQ group joins HIV organizations to promote the prevention message of Undetectable Equals Untransmittable.

An edited excerpt of an opinion piece titled “What’s Needed to Fix a Vital Drug Discount Program"

Republican anti-abortionists may block renewal of the popular bipartisan program. Plus: Do PEPFAR funds support kill-the-gays laws?

PrEP4All’s advocacy for a National PrEP Program to prevent HIV gets a $670,000 boost from the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

The CDC recommends that everyone 13 to 64 get tested for HIV at least once. Why stop at 64? SAGE wants the upper limit removed.

The LGBTQ group Human Rights Campaign Foundation joins HIV organizations to get the word out that Undetectable Equals Untransmittable.

The compromise bill leaves Medicare and Medicaid funding untouched and includes no new work requirements for Medicaid.

The shortage of health care workers of all sorts is a widespread problem, but is especially acute in rural areas and minority communities.