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20M lives at risk after funding for AIDS medication suspended (npr.org)
8 points by basementcat 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


If treatment is stopped, viral load is expected to return to pretreatment levels within a few weeks. This is potentially a human caused public health disaster.

Similar programs for treating individuals with TB, malaria and other illnesses have also been suspended.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...




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