Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication, Gilead Sciences reported Wednesday ...

There’s been a lot of grim news lately about HIV and AIDS: Rising infections among high-risk U.S. communities, continued risk behaviors, and plague-level infection rates across sub-Saharan Africa. In ...

Since its first approval in 2022, Gilead Sciences’ lenacapavir—a twice-yearly injectable—has come to be a potential game ...

A twice-a-year injectable drug has been shown to be 100% effective in preventing the spread of HIV, according to the first data from a clinical trial. If approved, the drug offers another preventive ...

Lenacapavir (LEN) is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and was first approved for individuals with ...

Over the past three decades, there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV. It's now a manageable infection. A person with HIV who takes HIV medicine consistently, before their ...

HIV has become a more manageable condition in recent years, but a full cure remains elusive. Now, scientists have found promise in permanently eliminating the virus, thanks to a drug already approved ...

In this Oct. 7, 2019, file photo, a pharmacist displays the HIV prevention drugs Descovy, left and Truvada, right, at a pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif. A proposed federal policy aims to protect older ...

A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — sent loved ones into the streets ...

A Delhi man was left critically ill after taking HIV preventive medication on an AI chatbot's advice without medical supervision. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is proven for HIV prevention when ...