{"id":8376,"date":"2025-04-01T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=8376"},"modified":"2025-04-03T01:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T05:22:21","slug":"rollout-of-miracle-hiv-prevention-drug-is-threatened-by-trump-cuts-to-global-aids-relief-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/rollout-of-miracle-hiv-prevention-drug-is-threatened-by-trump-cuts-to-global-aids-relief-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Rollout of \u2018miracle\u2019 HIV prevention drug is threatened by Trump cuts to global AIDS relief program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration\u2019s enormous cuts to a global AIDS relief program threaten to upend the planned rollout of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug that was expected to save countless lives. <\/p>\n<p>The medicine, lenacapavir, made by Gilead Sciences, has caused a stir because clinical trial data showed a single set of injections every six months could provide virtually complete protection against infection, a form of prevention known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or (PrEP). The drug, which is under regulatory review, has raised hopes that the deadly infectious disease can be mitigated around the globe. Early data for an even newer formulation suggest it might need to be given only once a year. \u201cThis is magical,\u201d UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima declared last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration\u2019s enormous cuts to a global AIDS relief program threaten to upend the planned rollout of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug that was expected to save countless lives. <\/p>\n<p>The medicine, lenacapavir, made by Gilead Sciences, has caused a stir because clinical trial data showed a single set of injections every six months could provide virtually complete protection against infection, a form of prevention known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or (PrEP). The drug, which is under regulatory review, has raised hopes that the deadly infectious disease can be mitigated around the globe. Early data for an even newer formulation suggest it might need to be given only once a year. \u201cThis is magical,\u201d UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima declared last year. <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/rollout-of-miracle-hiv-prevention-drug-is-threatened-by-trump-cuts-to-global-aids-relief-program\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rollout of \u2018miracle\u2019 HIV prevention drug is threatened by Trump cuts to global AIDS relief program<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1295,673,1062,1294,1301,1319,309,8,1252,51,1318],"class_list":["post-8376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aids","tag-budget-cuts","tag-gilead-sciences","tag-hiv","tag-kakistocracy","tag-lenacapavir","tag-pro-virus-policies","tag-research","tag-trump-regime","tag-united-states","tag-war-on-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8377,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376\/revisions\/8377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}