WASHINGTON, DC — The Food and Drug Administration announced a first-of-its-kind Monday -- it approved a medication to be used for reducing the risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS. The drug ...

Women need daily doses of the antiviral medication Truvada to prevent HIV infection while men only need two doses per week due to the way the drug accumulates in different body tissues, according to a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced late Monday that it would eliminate the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for Gilead’s Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil ...

A long-awaited generic version of Truvada, used for both HIV treatment and PrEP, went on the market Friday, October 2. But the wholesale cost of the new pill from Teva Pharmaceuticals – about $1,455 – ...

Truvada is the brand name of a prescription medication, emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, used to prevent or treat HIV. It’s a type of medication known as an antiretroviral drug. The amount ...

Long-acting injections of cabotegravir administered every two months were more effective at preventing HIV than daily Truvada for gay and bisexual men and transgender women, researchers reported last ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel is debating whether to make history by recommending approval of the first drug to prevent HIV infection. The advisory committee is expected to vote on ...

Debates raged at the 19th International AIDS Conference was held Washington, DC from July 22 to 27, on the latest news in HIV prevention and treatment research. The conference was the first held in ...

(Global Health): Gilead Sciences, maker of Truvada, the only drug approved to prevent infection with HIV, will donate enough of the drug to supply 200,000 patients annually for up to 11 years, federal ...

In theory, it has become miraculously easy to avoid getting HIV in the United States today. | Xinmei Liu for Vox Brenton ...