Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research NYT - World By: Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller 7 October 2026 at 16:11 The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine. Β© Ihsaan Haffejee for The New York TimesDrawing blood at an H.I.V. clinic in South Africa last year. The research networksβ large footprint has enabled them to develop tools to prevent and treat H.I.V., including in marginalized or rare populations.