Although adolescents and young adults comprise only one quarter of the sexually active population in the United States, ...

The CDC estimates 2.2 million Americans could benefit from HIV prevention drugs, but just over a quarter of that group have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gilead Sciences’ pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) formula of lenacapavir has been approved in the UK as a preventative option for ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective HIV prevention drug that outperforms oral medications in stopping HIV transmission. Developed by Gilead Sciences, the drug ...

Dallas resident Clint Hassell comes to the Fort Worth location of the HELP Center for LGBT Health & Wellness for free PrEP services. He started taking the PrEP medicine around two years to reduce the ...

A twice-a-year injectable drug has been shown to be 100% effective in preventing the spread of HIV, according to the first data from a clinical trial. If approved, the drug offers another preventive ...

ATLANTA — Five years ago, the U.S. government unveiled a plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. More than 30,000 people are diagnosed with HIV every year in this country. But this is not a problem for ...

It’s possible to produce a generic version of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly antiretroviral injection that both prevents and treats HIV, for as little as $25 per patient per year, according to a study ...

HIV rates are up in Atlanta. Activists and Georgia politicians say this doesn’t have to happen because cheap and safe medicines known as PrEP are over 99% effective at blocking the infection when ...

After nearly a decade of working as an advocate for HIV and AIDS treatment, Michael Chancley said he came to a sobering realization. “Seeing that people who look like me, who hang out at the same ...

When Dr. Sharon Nachman treats teenagers or young adults, she often asks about their sexual health and whether they would consider a medication that can vastly improve the chances of avoiding an HIV ...

New Trump administration rules on foreign assistance are prohibiting U.S.-backed programs from delivering HIV prevention drugs to large swaths of the at-risk population abroad, according to what ...