PrEP
Insurance Will Soon Cover HIV Prevention, But Many People Who Need it Still Won't Have Access
When Corey Walsh began using the drug Truvada, the pills were free but the quarterly lab tests and doctors' visits cost almost $400.
An Open Letter to the Person Who Gave Me HIV
Every time I tell someone I’m positive, I think of you. Not in anger, or resentment, but of the things about you that make me smile.
The Anti-HIV Drug PrEP May Be Getting Unfairly Blamed for STDs
The data shows that the opposite could be true.
India 2018: HIV/AIDS Is Still About Fear
On World AIDS day, it’s important to acknowledge the stigma still associated with the disease that refuses to go away.
Truvada May Be Getting Unfairly Blamed for the Spread of STDs
PrEP is great at blocking HIV, but as its use grows, so do fears that people will be more sexually reckless and spread other STDs. But researchers are coming to think that the opposite could be true.
The Myth That PrEP Is Just For Gay Men is Hurting Women
PrEP has been hailed as a revolutionary drug breakthrough in the prevention of HIV. But UK doctors are still having trouble convincing women it's for them, too.
Out-Of-Pocket Costs for PrEP Put the HIV Prevention Drug Out Of Reach For Many
It’s getting increasingly difficult for patients to afford Truvada, also known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, because of the drug’s high price and insurance company efforts to restrict patients' use of coupons.
We Talked to the Queens from 'RuPaul's Drag Race' About Safe Sex
Tackling everything from using condoms to PrEP.
Updated HIV Laws May Only Protect the Privileged
Lawyers warn that oversimplification of cutting-edge HIV science could backfire for the most vulnerable patients.
Trump's New Health Office Is Protecting Doctors' Right to Deny Care
The Office for Civil Rights is setting the stage for an unprecedented expansion in providers' ability to deny procedures like abortion, sterilization, and physician-assisted death.
Victorian Government Extends Life-Saving HIV Drug Research Trial
Truvada, otherwise known as PrEP, won't be covered under the PBS until March.
HIV Drug PrEP to Be Publicly Subsidised In Australia
It'll go from $10,000 a year to just a few hundred dollars.