– Solid yes for men and transgender women, but consensus missing for cisgender women An FDA advisory panel overwhelmingly voted 16-2 to recommend Descovy, the fixed-dose combination of emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide (F/TAF), as pre-exposure prophylaxis...
A bill just approved by the California State Senate would make Truvada, the HIV drug that’s been found to be effective at preventing new HIV infections, available for over-the-counter use for 30 days. The bill is aimed at HIV-negative gay and bisexual men of...
As part of a national effort from the federal government to combat HIV and prevent future infections, Gilead Sciences announced it will annually donate 2.4 million doses of its HIV treatment Truvada for PrEP to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
We’re as confident now that undetectable gay men pose no risk of HIV transmission as we already were for heterosexuals, researchers say The chance of any HIV-positive person with an undetectable viral load transmitting the virus to a sexual partner is scientifically...
by David Brown In 1985, I was working in an STD clinic in Nashville, Tennessee, and was one of two HIV counselors doing pre-test and post-test counseling for people most likely getting the very first HIV test of their lives. There were NO anti-HIV medications...
