The House Appropriations health subcommittee excluded a national program to boost access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) from the spending bill it passed June 23, but the bill would increase spending over President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for many other HIV-related programs. Advocates for HIV patients are now lobbying Senate appropriators for PrEP funding. Executive Director for the HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute Carl Schmid said he is disappointed over the exclusion of PrEP funding and hopes that the Senate Appropriations...