Carl Schmid, the executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute in Washington, told Reuters he had been told by a government agency source that the division might be shut down and that a decision would be made this week on the funding of HIV prevention at the CDC.

Gilead Sciences stock declined Wednesday after The Wall Street Journal reported the Department of Health and Human Services was considering federal funding cuts to domestic HIV prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

The CDC spends about $1 billion a year on domestic HIV prevention, most of it funneled to the states to help with local efforts. The discussion of cuts, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, comes as the administration looks for ways to shrink federal spending, and plans a reorganization of HHS.