Farmers across the United States are finding themselves in precarious economic positions, as they attempt to navigate a strained farm economy and a barrage of executive orders from the Trump administration that put some farm programs in limbo.

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South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The first round of vaccines she and her colleagues made in Johannesburg had produced an immune response in rabbits,

Scientists believe they are on the cusp of a vaccine for HIV. Two promising vaccines were set to go to additional trials. But the vials of vaccines are in the freezer due to financial cuts by the Trump administration.