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FDA Panel Approves First Drug to Prevent HIV Infection
The FDA panel approved Truvada, an antiretroviral drug for use by healthy people to prevent HIV infection. (Justin Sullivan: Getty Images) From AP: A panel of federal health advisers has endorsed the...
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FDA Approves First Drug to Help Prevent HIV Infection
(Justin Sullivan: Getty Images) The Food and Drug Administration has approved Truvada, the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV, the...
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S.F. Supervisor Wiener Announces He’s Taking HIV Preventive Drug
San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener (left) says he started taking a drug to prevent HIV infection earlier this year. (Lisa Aliferis/KQED) San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener publicly announced...
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Will the HIV-Prevention Pill Protect Teens or Encourage Risky Behavior?
(Justin Sullivan: Getty Images) By Rafael Johns, Youth Radio via NPR Leon Richardson is 18 years old and tall, charismatic and thoughtful about his sexual health. He understands that as a young, gay...
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Why Latinos Aren’t Taking the Anti-HIV Pill — and Why They Should Consider It
LOS ANGELES – Late on a Friday night at The New Jalisco Bar downtown, a drag show featuring dancers dressed in sequined leotards and feathered headdresses had drawn a crowd — most of them gay Latino...
View ArticleNo New Infections in Hundreds Taking Pill to Prevent HIV
Among hundreds of HIV-negative people using pre-exposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, there were no new HIV infections over a two-and-a-half-year period, according to an analysis by researchers at...
View ArticleHalf of Gay Black Men Will Get HIV, CDC Analysis Shows
NEW YORK (AP) — About half of gay and bisexual black men will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime, according to the first-ever comprehensive national estimates from the Centers for...
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