Latest on US crisis (13 June): legal and organisational responses
1 July 2025. Related: Treatment access, Activism & advocacy.
Paul Clift for CHANGE and EATG
The following notes are based on the weekly activist webinar organised by the CHANGE network on 13 June 2025.
The following is a brief bullet-point summary of this webinar, with links to key sources and documents.
1. Legal challenges
DEI Executive orders
Federal Court Partially Blocks DEI Executive Orders Enforcement.
Rescission package
This needs to be challenged in Congress – there is a reasonable chance that this might be achieved.
Overall: much technical talk of spending/funding mechanisms and of US political processes that are mainly of interest and relevance to US colleagues challenging the administration in the US.
There are limited ways that people in Europe can help except send messages of support. Nevertheless, further details are available to CHANGE members on the website.
2. Lenacapavir
The FDA approval of LEN is coming any time before 19 June.
3. Global Fund webinar
Webinar: Tuesday 17 June: Using Global Fund’s Data for Advocacy
8AM ET | 1PM WAT | 2PM CAT/SAST | 3PM EAT | 14:00 CET | 13:00 UKT
Hosts: The Global Advocacy Data Hub (GADH), Data, Etc and Women 4 Global Fund (W4GF)
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jpla0vIYSrSrCdIFoOOSVw
Description: This webinar will explore data and technical resources available to communities and advocates to support their engagement with the Global Fund.
4. US CDC news
CDC backtracks on lay-offs and rehires >400 people.
5. NIH news
NIH staff and biomedical community sound the alarm about the agency’s politicisation and funding slowdown – i.e. some people are fighting back:
“In an unusual act of public protest, more than 340 scientists and staff at the National Institutes of Health today released a statement charging NIH officials and their superiors with politicising science.”