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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...

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...

Funding Reductions Could Reverse Progress in HIV Response

THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 – Funding reductions could reverse progress in the HIV response by 2030, with the greatest effects anticipated in countries with a higher percentage of international funding...

Trump Administration May Cut CDC's HIV Prevention Division

THURSDAY, March 20, 2025 – The Trump administration is weighing elimination of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division on HIV Prevention, sparking concerns among public h...

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