Kennedy’s confirmation hearing follows President Trump’s stop-work order for all global health funding through the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. On Monday, the Trump administration explicitly ordered foreign health organizations to stop administering drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis purchased with U.S. aid, even if healthcare workers already have the medications on hand. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver for lifesaving drugs under PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, started by former President George W. Bush, which is credited with saving more than 25 million lives worldwide. But it’s not clear whether Rubio’s waiver will reverse Trump’s freeze on funding for drugs for HIV/AIDS prevention, outreach and testing and other programs.