US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact

Alexia Bădoiu

(13 Jul 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Johannesburg, South Africa - 22 June 2025 1. Wide of laboratory workers 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Abdullah Ely, group leader in Gene Therapy: "In terms of HIV, you need a very specific strategy to try and develop immunity against the virus. Again it was very promising work that we were doing, very basic, and the idea was that if we find a good candidate, that would eventually translate into the rest of the consortium, we would be able