Trump funding cuts threaten HIV prevention as disease gains ground in Colorado
- The Pride Center at Equality Park may stop offering free HIV testing as a $350,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health has been cut.
- Dr. Michael Sension stated that Miami-Dade and Broward Counties have one of the highest rates of new HIV infections and warned that funding cuts could lead to more undiagnosed cases.
- Vivent Health, a major provider of HIV prevention, could lose up to $1.14 million in funding, risking care for 3,700 people in Colorado.
- Matt Pagnotti cautioned that halting HIV prevention funding may lead to increased cases and could significantly reverse progress in controlling the virus.
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Trump funding cuts threaten HIV prevention as disease gains ground in Colorado
One of the largest HIV prevention nonprofits in Colorado is warning that cases of new infection, which took an upward turn after the pandemic, will continue to rise if federal funding is slashed as the Trump administration has threatened. The nonprofit Vivent Health — providing HIV prevention and treatment to 3,700 people at a medical clinic in east Denver — stands to lose as much as $1.14 million in federal funding if the Centers for Disease Co…
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