Learning the best type of HIV prevention for those at highest risk can start with conversations about their options, writes Zandraetta Tims-Cook, MD, MPH, AAHIVS In the US, we have made remarkable ...
How Does Yeztugo Work to Prevent HIV? HIV is a virus that has a coating around it, which is called a capsid. In order for HIV to make copies of itself and spread within your body, it needs to get ...
The landscape of HIV prevention has undergone a profound transformation with significant advancements in medical interventions and a deeper understanding of how the virus spreads. These developments ...
June 19, 2025 – The FDA has approved the first twice-yearly shot to reduce the risk of HIV infections. Originally approved in 2012 as a treatment for people with HIV that no longer responded to ...
That experience moved Hurley to seek out PrEP, shorthand for preexposure prophylaxis. The antiretroviral medication greatly ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions – although it’s unclear how many ...
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 ...
A twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV has the potential to greatly reduce the spread of the virus in the United States and the rest of the world, but concerns about cost and accessibility remain, health ...
HIV prevention doesn’t have to be scary, confusing, or even expensive. Thanks to Mistr, a gay-owned and operated online platform, protecting yourself just got a whole lot easier! Mistr works with real ...
A couple of years ago, Matthew Hurley got the kind of text people fear. It said: "When was the last time you were STD tested?" Someone Hurley had recently had unprotected sex with had just tested ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions – although it's unclear how many ...