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  • AIDS deaths drop as global access to HIV drugs expand

    Deaths from AIDS continued to decline last year as the number of people on HIV drugs worldwide surged 21 percent from 2010, according to a report that found poor and middle income countries spent more on treatment.

    July 18, 2012
    Bloomberg News

  • Approval of HIV-prevention pill lauded

    In a landmark advancement against AIDS, federal authorities Monday made a drug from Gilead Sciences, a California company, the world's first approved medication to help prevent the spread of HIV.

    July 17, 2012
    PrEP
    San Jose Mercury News

  • Trial vaccine made some more vulnerable to HIV, study confirms

    A follow-up study on an AIDS vaccine trial that had to be stopped early has confirmed the worst fears of researchers: The vaccine made it more likely, not less, that some men would become infected with HIV.

    May 18, 2012
    HIV Vaccine
    New York Times

  • The 'best hope' for AIDS vaccine advocacy

    Just last week, an advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of the antiretroviral TDF/FTC for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in HIV-negative adults. A final decision from the FDA is expected in June -- and approval would provide another powerful option for HIV prevention.

    May 17, 2012
    HIV Vaccine
    Huffington Post

  • US regulators vote for approval of PrEP by large majority

    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a decisive step yesterday towards approving the use of the combination pill Truvada (tenofovir/FTC) as a prevention method for HIV-negative people.

    May 11, 2012
    PrEP
    aidsmap

  • Casi listo el fármaco que previene el contagio de VIH

    Truvada combina dos medicamentos antirretrovirales que pueden reducir el riesgo de contagio de la enfermedad en un 73%.

    May 11, 2012
    PrEP
    Peru21

  • HIV prevention pill gives new hope

    Could we be one step closer to a world without HIV AIDS?Hopes are rising after a panel of US health experts has, for the first time, backed a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people.

    May 11, 2012
    PrEP
    ABC Radio Australia

  • Risk of unprotected sex debated in Gilead HIV pill review

    Truvada is safe and effective enough as a preventative medicine, Food and Drug Administration staff concluded in a report yesterday.

    May 9, 2012
    PrEP
    Bloomberg News

  • New studies on HIV treatment as prevention

    Recent studies have shown that antiretroviral drugs can be used not only to treat HIV, but also to prevent infection in the first place.

    April 25, 2012
    PrEP
    Voice of America

  • HIV prevention studies present tangled web

    The story of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV -- using medications to prevent infection -- was anything but easy to understand at the CROI.

    March 12, 2012
    PrEP
    MedPage Today

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