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Trump Policies at Odds With ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Push

3 days ago | poz.com | Stephanie Armour

In his March address to Congress, President Donald Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed with brain cancer. Amid bipartisan applause, he vowed todrive down childhood cancer ratesthrough his “Make America Healthy Again” initiative. A few days later, the administration quietlydropped a lawsuitto cut emissions from a Louisiana chemical plant linked to cancer. At first glance, Trump appears to have fully embraced the MAHA movement championed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Up Close and Personal

3 days ago | poz.com | Mathew Rodriguez

As an actor, Jason Veasey doesn’tusually go off script. But on a balmy, windy evening in November 2024, in front of a couple of dozen people—a mix of friends, colleagues and strangers—gathered at New York’s Michelangelo Hotel, Veasey lowered the barrier between him and the audience. In theater talk, he broke the fourth wall.
As CDC Reports New HIV Data, Advocates Fear Effects of Cuts

5 days ago | poz.com | Liz Highleyman

New HIV diagnoses rose by about 1,000 cases nationwide in 2023, according to thelatest surveillance reportfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These data, however, do not yet reflect the effects of the Trump administration’s recent federal health cuts, and advocates fear numbers will rise further in the future.
CDC Updates Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Guidelines

1 week ago | poz.com | Liz Highleyman

In a long-awaited update, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) on May 6. The new guidance—the first revision since 2016—now includes more modern antiretrovirals taken for a month after non-occupational exposure, such as sex or injection drug use.
A Single HPV Vaccine Dose Offers Good Protection

1 week ago | poz.com | Liz Highleyman

A single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine appears to provide as much protection as the currently recommended two doses for adolescents, according to findings from a nearly five-year study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting (AACR 2025). A simpler schedule could encourage higher vaccination rates in the United States and worldwide.
BMI May Underestimate Cardiovascular Risk in People With HIV

2 weeks ago | poz.com | Liz Highleyman

Body mass index (BMI) alone may be a poor measure of cardiovascular disease risk in people living with HIV, underscoring the importance of screening for excess visceral abdominal fat, according to research presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025). People with HIV are at greater risk for heart disease compared with the population at large. Weight gain, a known predictor of cardiovascular disease, is a growing problem among HIV-positive people.
Jemperli Immunotherapy Lets Some Cancer Patients Skip Surgery

2 weeks ago | poz.com | Liz Highleyman

Most people with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) cancers who used the checkpoint inhibitor Jemperli (dostarlimab) were able to forego surgery and maintain their quality of life, according to study results presented this week at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting (AACR 2025) and published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price.

3 weeks ago | poz.com | Daniel Chang

Alanys Ortiz reads Josephine Senek’s cues before she speaks. Josephine, who lives with a rare and debilitating genetic condition, fidgets her fingers when she’s tired and bites the air when something hurts. Josephine, 16, has been diagnosed withtetrasomy 8p mosaicism, severe autism, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, among other conditions, which will require constant assistance and supervision for the rest of her life.
Can Semaglutide Slow Aging and Improve Cognition in People With HIV?

3 weeks ago | poz.com | Liz Highleyman

Semaglutide and related weight-loss medications may help reduce inflammation, improve cognitive function and gut health, reduce alcohol use and even slow biological aging in people living with HIV, according to studies presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025). Weight gain and metabolic abnormalities are a growing concern for people with HIV as they age, raising the risk for cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease and other health problems.
NIH Grant Cuts Threaten Progress in HIV Prevention and Treatment - POZ

1 month ago | poz.com

Funding cuts particularly target studies involving sexual minorities, transgender people and people of color.