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Could a Single Shot at Birth Shield Kids From HIV for Years?

THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 — There’s potentially exciting news from a trial conducted in monkeys:  A single shot of gene therapy given to newborn monkeys appears to shield them from HIV, the virus that c...

More Than Half of Infants Diagnosed With HIV Did Not Receive Postnatal HIV Prophylaxis

THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 – Although the rate of perinatal HIV infection is low, more than 50 percent of HIV infections in infants before age 1 year occurred in those who did not receive postnatal...

U.S. Cuts to HIV Aid Could Lead to 4 Million Deaths, U.N. Warns

FRIDAY, July 11, 2025 — Global deaths from AIDS have dropped to their lowest levels in more than 30 years, in part due to efforts to fight HIV. But U.S. funding cuts could soon reverse that progress, ...

From Transgender Care To Vaping: Key Takeaways From SCOTUS 2025 Term

FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 — From allowing states to ban gender-transition care and sales of flavored vapes to minors to rolling back the landmark Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court had a consequential ...

FDA Approves Yeztugo (lenacapavir) as the First and Only HIV Prevention Option Offering 6 Months of Protection

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) June 18, 2025 – Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yeztugo (lenacapavir)—the co...

FDA Approves Twice-Yearly Yeztugo for Preexposure Prophylaxis to Cut HIV Risk

FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Yeztugo (lenacapavir), an injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, as preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk for...

HIV Drug, Lamivudine, Potentially Effective Against Diabetic Eye Disease

FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 — A cheap HIV drug might be able to help people with diabetes reverse a complication that can lead to blindness, a new small-scale study says. The drug, lamivudine, appears to i...

Long-Lasting HIV Prevention Shot Headed Toward Approval

FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 — A new injection to prevent HIV is expected to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this month. If approved, the shot — lenacapavir — would be given t...

Initiation of HIV PrEP in Young Adults Rose in Recent Years

TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 – Dispensing and initiation of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young adults increased from 2016 through 2023, according to a study published online May 9 in...

Eight Times More Young Adults Take Meds To Protect Against HIV Infection

FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 — Eight times more young Americans are taking antiretroviral meds to protect them from HIV infection than a decade ago, a new study says. About 208 of every 100,000 U.S. young a...

HIV Pills Might Prevent Alzheimer's

TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 — Drugs that battle HIV and hepatitis B might be able to help people avoid Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are used to ...

Guidelines Updated for Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis for HIV

FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 – Updated recommendations for antiretroviral nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) for HIV have been published in the May 8 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease...

Half-Million Children Could Die If U.S. AIDS Relief Is Dropped

FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 — Nearly a half-million children could die from AIDS by 2030 if President Donald Trump follows through on plans to cut U.S. relief programs, a new study says. As many as 1 m...

Key HIV Care Teams Let Go, Putting Mothers and Children at Risk

WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 – The Trump administration has let go of the last remaining U.S. health officials who oversaw HIV care for more than 1.1 million mothers and children in low-income...

U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Could Devastate Global Progress Against HIV/AIDS

THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 – HIV could explode worldwide in the wake of U.S. cuts to foreign aid, resulting in millions of AIDS deaths and soaring rates of infection, a new analysis says. President...

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