Rates of new HIV infections decrease as patients take Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on a daily basis compared to those who took it irregularly.
Continue readingTruvada PrEP Users Less Likely to Suffer from HIV Seroconversion
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Nurx App Delivers HIV Prevention Via Mail
Are you concerned about contracting HIV? Startups like Nurx are joining the fight against the spreads of HIV with new, accessible prevention options.
Continue readingFirst Case of HIV Infection for a PrEP User Makes Others Nervous
News: First Case of HIV Infection for a PrEP User Makes Others Nervous
Continue readingVideo: The emergence of the end of HIV
Will Nutland proposes that instead of the Hollywood style ‘end of AIDS moment’ fantasy, the end of AIDS will be a process with a number of emerging endpoints. In this eye-opening talk, Will introduces a number of emerging treatments and discusses their efficacy and levels of acceptability. He surmises that the end might happen without us even noticing.
Continue readingVice Video: The Truvada Revolution
VICE explores the future of the Truvada and its revolutionary impact on ending HIV/AIDS.
Continue readingHow San Francisco plans to get new HIV infections to zero
NewsHour’s John Carlos Frey reports in this updated segment on San Francisco’s plan to zero out the number of new HIV infections. The city’s public health officials, doctors, and activists have made huge strides battling the epidemic and are are now pushing for wider use of a drug shown to reduce HIV infections in at-risk men.
Continue readingNews: Better Life For Local HIV Patients; WHO Reports Highest Cases of HIV in Eastern Europe; HIV Prophylaxis can help millions
In the news -Today reports better Life For Singaporean HIV Patients; Highest cases of HIV in Eastern Europe reported by WHO; The CDC in the US says HIV Prophylaxis can help millions
Continue readingHIV PEP drugs: Truvada® combination therapy
Truvada® is commonly used in combination with Isentress® for PEP due to the effectiveness and lack of negative interaction between the two drugs. Learn more in this detailed guide.
Continue readingThe World of Antiretrovirals
In the 1980’s diagnosis with HIV was a death sentence. In 1995 in the USA, it was the highest cause of death in the age range 25-44 years. Nowadays HIV is a life sentence, but a relatively painless one. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has ensured that the virus is kept locked away in the host DNA,… Continue reading
HIV prevention: The Emerging Prevention Regimen from Post-exposure to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
Like vaccinations for life-threatening diseases such as Hepatitis B and Tetanus, the HIV virus could be tackled more efficiently with the presence of a vaccination for this disease. Researchers have been successful in developing a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV which is now a leading development towards finally creating a vaccine. Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a… Continue reading