Initiative to Stop HIV’s Spread Gains Post-Pandemic ‘Reset’

Efforts to end the spread of HIV in the US are slowly recovering after the Covid-19 pandemic hindered a federal initiative to end the epidemic by 2030, public health officials and researchers said.

The Health and Human Services Department launched the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US (EHE) initiative in 2019 to reduce new HIV infections by 90% over the next decade. The efforts were spurred by the Trump administration and supported by the Biden administration when it took office.

The early years of this initiative have been marred by an increase in disparities, a lack of adequate ...