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For local healthcare workers and advocates, keeping people connected to preventative care is more urgent than ever.

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 Department of Health notified the AIDS Healthcare Foundation that it would not renew five of its contracts to test and treat people with HIV and stop the spread of the sexually transmitted infection (STI).

The fight to protect HIV medication for low-income patients will continue during the Florida Legislature's April special session.

A community advocate is accusing the DeSantis administration of 鈥渒neecapping鈥� 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.

State officials said the action is being taken to prevent a shortfall of more than $120 million in the statewide prescription medication program for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.

In observance of National HIV Testing Day Friday, several sites across South Florida are offering free rapid HIV testing and wellness screenings.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is years into an initiative to end the nation鈥檚 HIV epidemic by pumping hundreds of millions of dollars annually into certain states, counties and U.S. territories with the highest infection rates, including the Southeast.

A recent court ruling by a federal judge would let insurers drop PrEP coverage, which could especially impact South Florida, a region with the nation's highest rate of new HIV infections.

Men and women who are 35 and older and either have HIV or are at risk for getting it may qualify for a paid study that focuses on the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among people who have the virus that causes AIDS.

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