HIV/AIDS

The new deal, struck Monday, restores eligibility for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to 400% of the federal poverty level ($62,600 per year), reverses the drug restrictions, and provides $75 million to run the program.

The state Senate's initial budget plan includes $118 million for program, and the House plan sets aside $68 million.

Participants in the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program will be able to access funds to cover their HIV medication after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Tuesday providing stopgap funding mitigating cuts imposed earlier this month.

A plan to prevent cuts to a program that provides drugs to AIDS patients passed through the Senate on Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether the House will agree to it.

The state issued the emergency rule Tuesday night on the eve of an emergency hearing. The cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), which will reduce the income eligibility for aid and remove a key medication from coverage, are slated to take effect March 1.

A community advocate is accusing the DeSantis administration of "kneecapping" the Florida Legislature and its willingness to shore up a purported $120 million deficit in a program that helps people living with HIV and AIDS afford their prescriptions.

The DeSantis administration announced Tuesday that it's developing three new rules meant to curb spending in a federally funded program that provides benefits to people with HIV and AIDS.

Hundreds of low-income patients in Northwest Florida are caught in the middle of a legal dispute involving a quarter-million dollars in federal funding for HIV medical care.

Sandra Averhart talks to Maurice Moody, HIV/AIDS program coordinator for Area 1, about the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among African-Americans in Escambia County.

Sunday, Dec. 1, was World Aids Day, but HIV/AIDS is a year-round concern for a University of West Florida instructor. The road Dr. Wesley Farr took on his…