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Whatx27s New Statement on April 1 HHS Job Cuts The profound loss of the critical expertise at the Department of Health and Human Services our nations highest office responsible for the health of the American public will make our country significantly less safe from both chronic and infectious diseases. Court Rules FDA Lacks Authority to Regulate LaboratoryDeveloped Tests A federal judge has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration lacks the legal authority to regulate laboratorydeveloped tests handing a victory to clinical laboratories and medical societies including IDSA that challenged the agencys oversight. Eliminating HIV Prevention at CDC Would Harm Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic Cutting off the funding and the technical assistance that state health departments and communitybased providers across the country rely on for HIV education HIV testing and preexposure prophylaxis or PrEP programs would have devastating health and economic consequences. Update Alert Histoplasmosis IDSA has updated its guideline on histoplasmosis with four new recommendations for treating asymptomatic histoplasmomas and mild to moderate acute pulmonary histoplasmosis in adults children and pregnant individuals.