Global AIDS fight at crossroads after setbacks during COVID

Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk. That’s according to an alarming report Wednesday on how the collision with the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises set back efforts to end AIDS. Declines in new infections are leveling off. Cases are rising in some spots. COVID disrupted HIV care and widened inequalities that left already vulnerable people at more risk. Experts are calling for fast efforts to start getting back on track. The report, from UNAIDS, was released at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal.