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January 22, 2026
Last Year Was a Disaster for an HIV Vaccine Trial. This Year? A New Way Forward
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The country may be on the cusp of a few extraordinary advances.
A cutting edge pan-African HIV vaccine trial lost funding last year when the Trump administration shut down much of foreign aid. The setback was devastating but the researchers refused to give up.
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