A big part of Washington D.C.'s plan to get its HIV rate down is to get more uninfected people on PrEP, a two-medicine combination pill that's also sold under the brand name Truvada. When taken daily ...

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 ...

(CNN) — A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP.

PrEP is highly effective, but many women aren’t included in the conversation. Experts say awareness and access must improve.

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Providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication to men who have sex with men who are at high risk of HIV infection (equivalent to less than 5% of men who have sex with men at any point in time) ...

In this Oct. 7, 2019, file photo, a pharmacist displays the HIV prevention drugs Descovy, left and Truvada, right, at a pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif. A proposed federal policy aims to protect older ...

The FDA has approved a new, twice-yearly PrEP injection from pharmaceutical giant Gilead. The drug is lenacapavir. The twice-yearly formulation has the brand name Yeztugo. Phase 3 trials showed that ...

Patients are already receiving the new PrEP injectable option lenacapavir in the Bay Area, though issues with insurance are complicating the process of getting shots. The new injectable was approved ...

Learning the best type of HIV prevention for those at highest risk can start with conversations about their options, writes Zandraetta Tims-Cook, MD, MPH, AAHIVS In the US, we have made remarkable ...