HIV Medicine Association

12/13/2025

In a new piece for Positively Aware, HIVMA Board members Joseph Cherabie, MD, MSc and Julia C. Rosebush, DO, FAAP, FPIDS, also a PIDS liaison, outline how federal funding cuts and restrictive policies are putting PrEP access and core HIV prevention efforts at risk.

The Trump administration has proposed gutting the Division of HIV Prevention (DHP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) program, with PrEP being a core pillar of the latter. As providers in EHE-funded states, we can personally attest t...

12/12/2025

In response to a CDC call for input to evaluate the utility and burden of data collection for the National HIV Surveillance System, HIVMA and IDSA submitted comments expressing strong support for continuing data collection for NHHS.

Read the letter:

12/12/2025

The Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents is seeking new scientific/clinical members with expertise in HIV care and research, including ART, adolescents, women, co-infections, drug resistance and biostatistics.

Learn more:

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12/10/2025

The House is proposing to cut nearly $2 billion in federal HIV funding in FY26, wiping out CDC’s HIV prevention program, core Ryan White services that keep clinics open, and the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative.

Join HIVMA and the IDSA Foundation to support the Save HIV Funding campaign:

Let's build a stronger, more inclusive ID Community together

12/10/2025

Read HIVMA Chair Anna Person, MD, FIDSA, and Immediate Past Chair Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, FIDSA, call on the medical community to take a stand against the erosion of the HIV response and ensure everyone has access to health care, including people with HIV and vulnerable to HIV:

This Viewpoint discusses the need to continue combating HIV domestically and internationally.

12/07/2025

In the latest podcast, Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA, and former CDC director Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH discuss how political pressures and weakened infrastructure have left the public health system vulnerable, and how this moment could spark a “renaissance.”

Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Search “Let’s Talk ID.” Transcript: bit.ly/4887CZq

12/06/2025

In honor of , HIVMA and Save HIV Funding Campaign staff were on Capitol Hill for the unveiling of the Quilt, an installation that highlights the lives at stake if federal HIV funding is cut.

Now is the time to speak out. Contact your federal elected officials and demand accountability and a renewed commitment to ending the HIV epidemic: https://bit.ly/4rG38lz

12/05/2025

Identify advocacy opportunities and explore storytelling-based communication strategies with the on-demand session, “Courage Is Contagious: Become an Advocate for Change in Challenging Times.”

Available to stream with your registration through March 31: https://cdmcd.co/k96vKK

12/04/2025

For the first time in 37 years, the White House did not commemorate and barred federal agencies from taking part. Coupled with recent moves to cut HIV funding, this silence raises serious concerns about our nation’s HIV response.

Now is the time to speak out. Contact your federal elected officials and demand accountability and a renewed commitment to ending the HIV epidemic:

Urge your members of Congress to fully fund federal HIV programs as they negotiate final funding levels for the FY 2026 LHHS spending bill.

12/03/2025

On IDSA’s & HIVMA’s Science Speaks blog: J. Kevin Carmichael, MD, FIDSA, reflects on the evolving response to HIV over the past four decades and the importance of documenting history in a Q&A with HIVMA Executive Director Andrea Weddle, MSW.

J. Kevin Carmichael, MD, FIDSA, reflects on the evolving response to HIV and the importance of documenting this history in a Q&A with Andrea Weddle, MSW, HIVMA’s executive director.

12/01/2025

On , your voice is critical. Congress is considering unprecedented cuts of nearly $2 billion to HIV prevention, care and workforce programs. Tell lawmakers to protect these vital services and support the Senate LHHS funding levels:

Urge your members of Congress to fully fund federal HIV programs as they negotiate final funding levels for the FY 2026 LHHS spending bill.

12/01/2025

Fear and uncertainty hang over much of the HIV community this as we reflect on lives lost, progress made and current efforts to unravel our country’s HIV response.

Action must follow our reflection this year to ensure HIV prevention, treatment and research continue, and we don’t lose sight of our vision to end the HIV epidemic.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/4ot4mOi