It’s not hyperbole to say that people will die.” PEPFAR, a sprawling multiagency public health program led by the State Department, disburses billions of dollars in aid to partners around the world to fight HIV every year.

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments,

The move, announced in a presidential memorandum Friday, revives a policy known as the “global gag rule” that Trump and many other Republican presidents have implemented. Already, contractors that receive U.S. foreign aid money cannot use it to directly support abortion services. But they can tell people the option is available.

The tech billionaire and global health innovator says Trump "showed a lot of interest in the issues that I brought up."

President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, raising concerns about the U.N. agency's ability to fight diseases and respond to emergencies around the globe without its biggest funder.

Move from the US, which is the world’s biggest donor, will make exceptions for emergency food and military funding for Israel and Egypt

Imprecise executive order leaves health providers dependent on Pepfar funding unsure if or when money will arrive.

Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.

A sweeping executive order that President Donald Trump issued on Monday bans the State Department from issuing passports with “X” gender markers. Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June 2021 announced the State Department would begin to issue gender-neutral passports and documents for American citizens who were born overseas.

President Donald Trump’s campaign-trail promise to leave abortion regulation to the states lasted just a few days into his presidency.

"President Trump claims to be a strong proponent of freedom of speech, yet he is clearly committed to censorship."