US HIV activist call to action against Trump’s assault on HIV care
26 May 2025. Related: Journal scan, Early access, Treatment advocacy.
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base
An invited perspective in Journal of Infectious Diseases is based on quotes from 24 long-term HIV activists in response to the ongoing presidential assault on HIV care and research in both the US and internationally.
The article is a call to action to resist and to challenge the attacks on healthcare since 20 January. Many contributors refer to the new policies dragging medicine and science back to the early years of the HIV epidemic in the US.
It is based on quotes in response to the shock of Trump’s assault on HIV care and research from 24 long-term activists.
Reference
Willenberg L et al. The Cost of Silence: A Call to Protect the Future of HIV Research and Care. JID 2025 jiaf267. (22 May 2025).
https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf267