What he can’t find is PrEP, the once-a-day pill that protects users against HIV infection, or a doctor who knows much about it, or a drugstore that stocks it. So every few months, he said ...

Could a pill aimed at stopping HIV infections make the epidemic worse? Jan. 20, 2009— -- In a massive medical trial on three continents, doctors are testing a controversial pill that could ...

(CBS/AP) Federal drug regulators on Tuesday affirmed landmark study results showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill can also help healthy people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in ...

In fact, Truvada has been used to help treat HIV for a decade. But, as with birth control in the 1960s, the concept of a pill regimen for safer sex was stigmatized, triggering a backlash against ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2018 -- Goodbye, daily HIV meds? Researchers say a once-a-week, slow-release pill may keep HIV infections under control and help prevent new HIV infections altogether. The pill in ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication, Gilead Sciences reported ...

For years the message was simple: Use condoms to prevent HIV. But if you are at high risk of contracting the virus, health experts want you to consider an additional strategy – taking a pill ...

Yet he considers it essential to his well-being. Nistler’s morning pill is called Truvada, and it prevents him from getting HIV. Also known as PrEP — for pre-exposure prophylaxis — the ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that could prevent HIV infections with just two shots every year and possibly eradicate the disease.

There's something new to prevent HIV infections. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a once-a-day pill that can drastically lower a person's risk of getting the virus that causes AIDS.

Taking an anti-HIV pill shortly before sex and for a few days afterward can help protect people against infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, according to researchers in France and Canada.

Use of a daily pill to prevent HIV infection rose almost 500% from 2014 to 2017, according to new research published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than a ...