Tag: Truvada
Following backlash, Facebook disables misleading HIV medication ads
The decision comes a month after an open letter from LGBTQ advocates demanded removal of the advertisements, warning they could lead to a public health crisis.
NZ ahead of the pack in funding revolutionary HIV-prevention drug PrEP
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation applauds PHARMAC’s decision to become one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund the HIV-prevention drug Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) – meaning those at high risk of HIV have another way to protect themselves.
In new study, 100 percent of participants taking HIV prevention pill Truvada remained infection-free
As far as emotions go, AIDS researchers tend to be a staid bunch who look skeptically at every new finding. But the results of a study released this week on an HIV prevention drug have many cheering.
HIV pill Truvada that cuts risk of infection among gay men by 86%
A daily HIV pill that can dramatically cut a person’s risk of contracting the disease must be made available through the NHS “as soon as possible”, campaigners have said.