Wirth is the CEO of Amida Care. Crowley is the director of the O’Neill Institute’s Center for HIV and Infectious Disease Policy at Georgetown Law. In June, a clinical trial showed that a twice-yearly ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come out with a strong recommendation for the use of Gilead Sciences’ twice-yearly HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) med Yeztugo, ...

A little specificity would go a long way in the recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)—that is, if we want health insurance companies to pay for lifesaving HIV prevention ...

In a move to increase access to HIV-prevention treatment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the use of Apretude – the first injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis treatment aimed ...

Science progresses when people share what they learn, not when they retreat behind borders or institutions. That was true when my colleagues and I first discovered a protein, known today as ...

Applying novel and effective approaches based on behavioral economics for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) dissemination programs could help to tailor the programs to the populations and settings of ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced its recommendation for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) granted an “A” grade for HIV ...

smartphone When pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is taken daily as prescribed, sexual transmission of HIV is reduced by approximately 99% and transmission through injection drug use is reduced by at ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

A new pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug has shown promise as a once-monthly oral pill to help prevent HIV. PrEP plays a key part in reducing the number of new HIV infections by stopping the virus ...

Sharing needles with other people has risks. When you use someone else’s needle to inject drugs, steroids, or other substances, you come in contact with their blood. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...