Nationwide, an estimated 1.2 million people are eligible to receive medication that can prevent the spread of life-threatening HIV infection. But only roughly a third of those eligible are currently ...

A daily preventive pill can be invaluable for people at risk for HIV. But some doctors don't know much about prescribing them. And billing headaches are common. Here's how to overcome those hurdles.

Despite highly effective HIV prevention drugs on the market, only a fraction of those at risk in the U.S. are taking them — or even know they're an option. It's called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or ...

It’s been over a decade since the Food and Drug Administration first approved a medication to prevent HIV. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates just 30% of the 1.2 million ...

Gilead Sciences’ pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) formula of lenacapavir has been approved in the UK as a preventative option ...

Many people protected by drugs that prevent HIV infection quit using them, upping their vulnerability to the virus that causes AIDS, new research shows. The drug combo known as pre-exposure ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers assessed the risk of hypertension and statin initiation in adults starting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Pre-exposure ...

This is a KFF Health News story. A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by offering free preventive medication, the latest effort to catch up to much of Europe ...

Freedom is often discussed in emotional or cultural terms, but for many people, it is deeply financial. Nowhere is that more ...

After nearly a decade of working as an advocate for HIV and AIDS treatment, Michael Chancley said he came to a sobering realization. “Seeing that people who look like me, who hang out at the same ...

The GU Clinic issued prescriptions for medication that helps prevent HIV infection to 457 patients in 2025, Health Minister ...

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 ...