HIV/AIDS Policy

The State Department said last week that “an awareness day is not a strategy” and instructed employees not to mark World AIDS Day, resulting in no official U.S. commemoration on Dec. 1, 2025—the first time since the day was created in 1988. Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said the administration is “modernizing” infectious‑disease efforts and pushing greater foreign “burden sharing,” while activists protested outside the White House and warned the move reflects broader cuts disrupting HIV care abroad.