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Will the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Ever Be Useful Again?
PACHA started with a bang in the Reagan era. Since then, and especially under Trump, it’s never had much real impact. Could that change?

Demetre Daskalakis on Leading HIV Prevention Efforts at the CDC
The former deputy commissioner for New York City’s department of health is ready to take on HIV prevention at a national level.

Stable Housing Is Essential to Ending the HIV Epidemic
Will President Biden keep his promises to fund affordable housing and prevent homelessness?

Reviving the Office of National AIDS Policy Is Crucial to Ending the HIV Epidemic
We talked with longtime HIV/AIDS policy expert and former ONAP official Greg Millett, M.P.H., to better understand why.

Could Raising the Minimum Wage Be the Best Way to Fight HIV?
Making sure everyone has enough money to live on can protect HIV-negative people from vulnerability to HIV infection and keep the viral loads of people living with HIV undetectable.

Biden Actually Has a House and Senate Majority. So What Should We Push For?
Advocates say that a big fat COVID bill must come first, followed by a Medicare public option. (Oh ... and then there’s impeachment.)

What Exactly Is Molecular Surveillance—and Why Are HIV Advocates Freaking Out Over It?
It’s a way of analyzing the genetic makeup of different people’s HIV to draw connections among cases for prevention purposes—but some are worried it could be used to criminalize people with HIV.

Between COVID and a New Administration, What's to Come for the “Ending the HIV Epidemic” Plan?
The pandemic has definitely delayed things, say advocates, but overall the goal of stopping HIV in the U.S. by 2025 is still on track.

I Am Jealous of COVID-19
What would happen if we doubled the budget for an HIV cure? It would still be far less money than has already been spent on COVID-19 vaccines. Both are worthy of investment.

New Draft of a National HIV Strategy Doubles Down on Plan to End the U.S. Epidemic
The newly updated plan, which is open for public comment until Dec. 14, is more closely in line with the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, and includes efforts to fight stigma and racial disparities.