US president Donald TrumpĀ addresses the nation Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty
During his State of the Union address on 5 February, US president Donald Trump announced a goal of Ā ending HIV transmission in the US by 2030.
āScientific breakthroughs have brought a once-distant dream within reach,ā he said. āTogether, we will defeat AIDS in America.ā Trump didnāt lay out a specific amount of money that his next budget would dedicate to the cause, but said the initiative would be included in his request to Congress for funding.
At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s, Americans…
