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Trump guts $258 million in funding for HIV vaccine research

“For HIV vaccine design and development, we've begun to see light at the end of the tunnel after many years of research,” Dennis Burton, an immunology professor at Scripps Research, said.

Health Department Removes Info on Lesbian, Bi Women's Health Concerns

Detailed in a new report, it's the latest in a series of hostile actions from the Trump administration's Health and Human Services Department.

A Doctor's Take on the Health Dept.'s 'Religious Freedom Division'

The Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom at HHS brings to mind dark times in medical history, like the Tuskegee experiment.

After backlash, Planned Parenthood Arizona resumes gender-affirming care

“After a brief pause, we are pleased to announce the continuation of our Gender Affirming Care services,” the organization said.

These blue states are making it easier for transgender people to update their documents

As Donald Trump forbids trans people from updating their gender markers at a federal level, Democratic states are making it easier for them to legally change their name and sex.

Florida judge chastises Ron DeSantis for threatening abortion ad: 'It's the First Amendment, stupid'

"The government cannot excuse its indirect censorship of political speech simply by declaring the disfavored speech is 'false,'" the judge wrote.

HHS deletes mental health report on Utah's transgender children

The Department of Health and Human Services has deleted crucial reports on the mental health of Utah's transgender youth, ignoring their struggles and erasing their existence. One expert says that might be Trump's goal.

Trump’s health department launches ‘vile’ anti-trans website featuring right-wing influencer (exclusive)

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “are starting their tenure at HHS by attacking trans people, harming their access to health, and promoting unscientific rhetoric about sex as a so-called immutable characteristic,” former HHS official Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.