The HIV-prevention pill PrEP will now be covered under most insurance plans. Its name is short for pre-exposure prophylaxis. Supporters of the move to make it free to those who are insured call it a ...

Kegoratile Aphane did not flinch when the needle pierced the skin of her right buttock, injecting a yellow-coloured drug ...

Most doctors agree Truvada is a boon in AIDS prevention; others express concern. July 16, 2012— -- The Food and Drug Adminstration today announced the approval of the first drug for use in people ...

In fact, doctors should feel perfectly comfortable prescribing them to any adult or adolescent who walks into their office and asks, says Dr. Darrell Tan, a physician-scientist at St. Michael's ...

A controversial advertisement in DC about an HIV prevention pill has some people calling the commercial effective, but others said the city is taking things too far. Ten years ago, nearly four people ...

South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first ...

Merck MRK recently launched two late-stage clinical studies to evaluate MK-8527, its investigational once-monthly oral pill for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The EXPrESSIVE-11 study, which ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication, Gilead Sciences reported Wednesday. In clinical trials, the drug nearly eliminated HIV’s spread among ...

South Africa has begun administering lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention drug, to selected individuals as part of a new study led ...

A once-a-day pill has been proven to lower the risk of getting HIV among needle-using drug addicts, just as it does among heterosexual couples and men who have sex with men. Among 2,400 injecting drug ...

Seven of 10 volunteers kept HIV at bay for months after stopping meds, a rare result scientists call a major step toward a ...