The story of an HIV-positive orphan and a pastor's quest to help after U.S. aid cuts AIDS orphans and vulnerable children are without support since the U.S. cut foreign assistance. A pastor has been frantically trying to find meds for an HIV-positive orphan who can no longer get them. Gabrielle Emanuel
HIV prevention drug hailed as a 'breakthrough' gets FDA approval A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries? Jonathan Lambert
How Trump's travel ban could disrupt the way knowledge about health is shared Global health specialists talk about the consequences of the full or partial ban on travel to the U.S. from 19 countries. Jonathan Lambert
The Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess? A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned? Diaa Hadid
People told my dad not to bother educating his 4 daughters. He didn't listen On Father's Day, Esther Ngumbi thinks of the sacrifices her Kenyan dad made to ensure that not only his son but his four daughters got an education. He'd say, "I choose to educate you, my girls." Esther Ndumi Ngumbi
A promising new HIV vaccine was set to start trials. Then came Trump's latest cuts On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year. Jonathan Lambert
How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America. Marta Martínez
Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for controlling HIV/AIDS President Trump has sent Congress what's known as a rescission request. That's where the White House asks Congress to take back funding for programs it had previously approved. Patrick Jarenwattananon
The women of No Sex for Fish are survivors — but their survival is precarious A group of women in Kenya rebelled against trading sex for a fisherman's catch to sell. They got their own boats, had success — but in past years have faced floods and now fears about HIV medications. Viola Kosome
Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his. Gabrielle Emanuel
