A HIV Cure With a Future?
The news made headlines across all media today. Times health website: “Scientists Say Baby Born with HIV Apparently Cured.” Which has to be a very good thing. Those infected with HIV now have the...
View ArticleLong-Term Study Backs Early HIV Drugs For Children
Starting HIV Drugs for Children at Birth Starting antiretroviral drug therapy at birth seems to control the development of the HIV virus in children better than testing and waiting until the levels...
View Article4 Things to Know About PrEP for HIV Prevention
The PrEP regimen, which relies on taking the combination antiretroviral pill Truvada, can help prevent HIV. Here’s what you should know about it. For decades, abstinence and condoms were the only...
View ArticleHIV Patients Accuse Gilead of Withholding Safer HIV Drug.
Patients Filed Lawsuits Against Gilead Sciences Over HIV Drugs This month, more than 50 patients have filed lawsuits against the California-based drug company, alleging that Gilead Sciences has...
View ArticleDoctors: Side Effects of HIV Drug Can Be Managed
Two patients have reportedly been cured of the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) through bone marrow transplants intended to treat their cancer. A third was cured without the transplant. For most...
View ArticleMonitoring Crucial Side Effects of PrEP
Scott Frenzel had been treated at his local healthcare clinic in Nashville, Tennessee, for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) twice. Even though he is a prime candidate for pre-exposure prophylaxis...
View ArticleDrugs to Treat and Prevent HIV and Their Side Effects
“I don’t have a problem saying I have AIDs,” says Hydeia Broadbent in a video made as a part of a campaign with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but she acknowledges that many others...
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