Advocates warn proposed cuts to HIV treatment and prevention could hurt life saving efforts

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida has some of the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses in the United States, ranking third nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It’s why experts say preventative care, education and HIV treatment are so important.

But newly proposed cuts to the federal budget are threatening to limit those life-saving measures, and advocates are hoping lawmakers will reconsider…

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