HOUSTON — The fight against HIV has come a long way, and new advancements in prevention are changing the game. One of the latest breakthroughs is a long-lasting injectable form of PrEP (pre-exposure ...

In a large clinical trial assessing Apretude, ViiV Healthcare’s recently approved injectable drug, as a form of HIV prevention, seven participants contracted the virus despite receiving their ...

Though an antiretroviral medication called PrEP provides near-perfect protection against HIV, patients must often surmount ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sean E. Bland, JD, reviews the USPSTF guidelines as support to access HIV PrEP therapy and Ryan Bitton, PharmD, MBA, shares a payer perspective on the implications of these guidelines. Ryan Haumschild ...

A brand new drug might be more effective at preventing HIV than current methods. Many people take daily oral antiretroviral medication—known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis)—to protect themselves ...

Robin O’Donoghue grew up in Fairbanks and first heard about pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, for preventing HIV transmission when he was in college. PrEP is a daily pill or injection that ...

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 ...

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 ...

People with the highest risk of contracting HIV should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended for the first time. The ...