Pride month is a time for the LGBTQ community to celebrate the progress it has made, while also acknowledging the many challenges that still exist. HIV is one of those challenges. The number of new ...
HIV/AIDS activists heralded the approval of a new twice-yearly pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication last year, but these celebrations were tempered by insurers’ reluctance to cover its ...
The more-than-a-quarter-million Americans who use PrEP could lose free access to the HIV-prevention medication through their employer-sponsored health insurance, following a Texas judge’s ruling last ...
WASHINGTON, June 20-- Sen. Kamala D. Harris, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Thursday introduced the PrEP Access and Coverage Act, legislation ...
The Biden administration is directing insurance companies to offer PrEP without copays or deductibles. PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, refers to two antiviral medications – under the brand names of ...
Since the start of the HIV epidemic in 1981, over 700,000 Americans have lost their lives to AIDS. Being infected used to be a death sentence. But now, 40 years later, the U.S. is on the precipice of ...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a recommendation Tuesday, calling on health care providers to offer PrEP to men and women at high risk of acquiring HIV. The June 11 recommendation ...
Anthony Cantu, 31, counsels patients at a San Antonio health clinic about a daily pill shown to prevent HIV infection. Last summer, he started taking the medication himself, an approach called ...
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