April 22, 2026 3:47 PM
Expert quits US HIV role, rebukes Trump’s global health approach
The chief science officer for the U.S. flagship HIV/AIDS program left his role this week and criticized the Trump administration's cuts to foreign assistance and what he said was its use of aid as leverage for U.S. commercial interests. Republican President Donald Trump last year dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, which previously oversaw most foreign aid programs, but officials said life-saving work mainly in developing African nations under the President's Emergency Pla...