HIV Medicine Association

06/02/2026

The president's FY 2027 budget proposal calls for the elimination of CDC’s HIV prevention program, Ryan White Program Part F, the HOPWA Program, as well as a 12% cut to NIH.

Urge Congress to sustain and grow funding for federal HIV programs in FY 2027:

Your advocacy helped stop nearly $2 billion in proposed cuts last year. Congress needs to hear from you again.

06/01/2026

Join advocates, health care providers, and allies at the Rally this Wednesday, June 3 at 12pm ET on the U.S. Capitol Grounds to demand action to protect Medicaid, HIV funding, and the essential services people rely on to survive and thrive.

Learn more and register: https://aidsunited.org/the-cost-of-survival/

05/30/2026

ICYMI, HIVMA member Darrell McBride, DO, FIDSA, shares the realities of delivering HIV and infectious diseases care in rural communities in a new podcast.

Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Search “Let’s Talk ID.” Transcript: bit.ly/4dR33Xi

05/28/2026

Learn practical strategies to scale long-acting anti-retrovirals in diverse clinical settings during our webinar next Friday, June 5 at 1pm ET, featuring speakers Meredith Lora, MD, and Jonathan Colasanti, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine.

Register: https://bit.ly/4u0HIzy

05/27/2026

In a new submitted testimony, HIVMA Chair Anna K. Person, MD, FIDSA, urges the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on LHHS to increase FY 2027 funding for HIV care, prevention and research programs, emphasizing that merely sustaining these programs is no longer adequate.

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05/22/2026

On ID Pharmacists Day, HIVMA celebrates pharmacists like Board member Sheila Montalvo, PharmD, whose expertise is vital in ensuring patients can access and maintain effective HIV treatment and prevention medications, including new long-acting options.

05/22/2026

Missed last week's Advocacy Day? Join IDSA’s and HIVMA’s Member Advocacy Program (MAP)! Advocate with your colleagues on issues that impact the ID and HIV landscape and develop relationships with key stakeholders on the Hill.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Z44hHR

05/20/2026

Last month, Amesika Nyaku, MD, and Hanan Abdulahi, MPP, presented at the NMAC Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit, highlighting the importance of syndemic care education and sharing strategies and case studies to support the development of multidisciplinary HIV syndemic care teams.

Learn more about syndemic care resources: https://bit.ly/4v0YdwD

05/19/2026

Today marks National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a time to raise awareness of the impact of HIV, risk, and stigma surrounding HIV in the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community.

Learn more this : https://bit.ly/4dzJykO

View AIDSVu’s interactive maps and county, city, and state profiles to learn more about HIV in the 48 counties and seven states, as well San Juan, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC.

05/18/2026

This HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, explore AVAC’s roadmap for advancing HIV vaccine research and development, highlighting critical gaps such as the need for a shared target product profile, stronger coordination, and sustained political support to accelerate progress.

State of the Field — PRA 2025 Update During the current year, HIV vaccine R&D is actively focused on early-stage research, with the portfolio centering primarily on small, iterative discovery medicine trials to develop germline-targeting candidates to induce bNAbs, as well as Phase I trials testin...