Health care reporter with CQ Roll Callhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ml2bsdbxtk22The second story in my series on barriers to hepatitis C elimination in the U.S. focuses on legislative hurdles. A bill would do what other countries and some states already do: negotiate with drug companies to lower treatment costs and expand access to those who need it most.04 May 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2bsdbxtk22https://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3llyrw4cwys2vPublic health departments are laying off staff and cancelling vaccine clinics after the Trump administration prematurely pulled billions of dollars in funding https://rollcall.com/2025/04/04/amid-measles-outbreak-trump-pulls-funding-for-vaccines/04 Apr 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyrw4cwys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3llcry3ysz22iThe Trump admin terminated NIH grant funding for a long-running research network that studied HIV in adolescents. One of the immediate impacts of this is a cancelled study to examine whether an antibiotic currently only approved for men to prevent STDs can also work in women.26 Mar 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcry3ysz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ll5tcyshus2cThe Trump admin is canceling NIH grants it deems to be "DEI" related. Mostly health equity grants, including one that studied maternal mortality in Black women, and a slew of HIV grants. https://rollcall.com/2025/03/24/trump-cancels-nih-grants-on-equity-research/24 Mar 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5tcyshus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ll5tcyshus2cThe Trump admin is canceling NIH grants it deems to be "DEI" related. Mostly health equity grants, including one that studied maternal mortality in Black women, and a slew of HIV grants. https://rollcall.com/2025/03/24/trump-cancels-nih-grants-on-equity-research/24 Mar 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5tcyshus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3lkqs6gkugc2uMy story about how the Trump administration is undermining its own 2019 initiative to end the HIV epidemic in the US https://rollcall.com/2025/03/19/trumps-policies-threaten-his-2019-vow-to-end-hiv-experts-say/19 Mar 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqs6gkugc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ljsrr5erwk2bMy story about how Trump is canceling LGBTQ+ research grants at NIH and how that's a wild departure from historical norms: https://rollcall.com/2025/03/07/after-trumps-inauguration-a-dramatic-halt-to-lgbtq-research/07 Mar 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsrr5erwk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ljsrr5erwk2bMy story about how Trump is canceling LGBTQ+ research grants at NIH and how that's a wild departure from historical norms: https://rollcall.com/2025/03/07/after-trumps-inauguration-a-dramatic-halt-to-lgbtq-research/07 Mar 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsrr5erwk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ljm3cin3zk2pWhile President Trump talks about childhood cancer at the faux SOTU, it’s a fact that billions of dollars in research funding has been frozen at NIH and staff who support researchers have been fired.05 Mar 2025 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljm3cin3zk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ljiw3c6fz223Looking for sources who can talk about how HIV care and research in the US might be impacted by Trump’s executive orders and actions on DEI and gender. Hoping to talk to service providers, researchers, people with lived experiences, etc. DMs open!03 Mar 2025 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljiw3c6fz223https://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3ljaxv7nd6c2vI'm working on a story about how the Trump administration's EOs on DEI could impact federal funding of research on health disparities & health equity. If you're a researcher whose work has been impacted by this or you fear if might be, I'd love to chat. I can keep you anonymous. Signal:jshellmann.1828 Feb 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljaxv7nd6c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessiehellmann.bsky.social/post/3likjh622ac2iAfter the Trump administration was required to restore health websites, this disclaimer appears on top of targethiv.org19 Feb 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:hmsd5pkydqluekcc265bptt7/app.bsky.feed.post/3likjh622ac2i