JV Vance
buzzorhowl.bsky.social
JV Vance
@buzzorhowl.bsky.social
Epidemiology, global health, HIV
So DSA does not endorse this, and never endorsed ending PEPFAR--which was partially administered by USAID but in no way is equivalent to or dependent on USAID. The majority of people on antiretroviral treatment via PEPFAR support receive(d) it via CDC administered grants.
October 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Citation please.
October 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Admin impounding congressional Lu approved funds to punish real or imagined political enemies. Remarkable!
October 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The author of the global health section of Proj 2025 doesn’t sound too peppy about PEPFAR here. An interesting take on policy, though, for a “think tank”

www.heritage.org/global-polit...
PEPFAR: From AIDS Relief to Leftwing Funding Apparatus
THE ISSUE President George W. Bush established the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003 to respond to the AIDS crisis in Africa. Since then, PEPFAR has spent $125 billion and mo...
www.heritage.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Looks amazing. Can you re-post the link? The one above doesn't seem to be working. Thank you!
September 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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PEPFAR money isn't being spent! Funding already approved by Congress on a bipartisan basis is being withheld by OMB. We can help by calling on our reps to demand OMB releases the funds NOW!
Don't cut funding
Ensure that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) fully releases the full $6.045 billion in PEPFAR funding that Congress has already approved.
act.pih.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Congress has the power of the purse and fully funded PEPFAR; Vought is *withholding* those funds with impunity--this is llegal & will be deadly.

Join us September 2, 11 AM at the White House. Let it be your first post Labor Day protest!

Fight back, unmask Russ Vought --> bit.ly/SAVEPEPFAR
August 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
While promising, this is, unfortunately, old news that affects only the current fiscal year. We will see in the next month or two the extent to which PEPFAR lives on post-September. That will be something to keep an eye out for.
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Explosive increase in HIV incidence projected with PEPFAR and other cuts per new preprint article www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The Trump administration is planning to completely eliminate the CDC Division of HIV Prevention, cutting $700 million that should be used to prevent HIV infections and control HIV the HIV epidemic. Such cuts would have horrific consequences for the health of Americans. aidsunited.org/action/polic...
ACTION ALERT: CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back - AIDS United
CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back We have heard very unfortunate news that there is an effort un...
aidsunited.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hey libs - are the people of Dearborn MI really the enemy here? Do you actually care about an oppressed people suffering great harm right now, abetted mightily by your government?
What are your principles?
Get focused already.
March 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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This is how both the first and second red scares began: deporting legal permanent residents for nothing other than their (also legal) political beliefs

apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Explosive increase in HIV incidence projected with PEPFAR and other cuts per new preprint article www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM