South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
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Protecting public health abroad benefits Americans. In a globalized world, diseases and their social and economic impacts do not stay within national boundaries. Increased rates of untreated HIV in any part of the world increase ...
Nov 5, 2025
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The first ever injectable drug that can prevent HIV has been approved for use in England and Wales.
Oct 23, 2025
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South Africa's health minister on Tuesday called lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention jab in the world, a "groundbreaking" tool to fight the disease, but warned initial donated supply would be limited to nearly ...
Oct 14, 2025
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Generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable HIV-prevention drug should be available for $40 a year in more than 100 countries from 2027, Unitaid and the Gates Foundation said Wednesday.
Sep 24, 2025
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40 million people live with HIV globally, and that number continues to rise. While therapies exist to reduce the amount of HIV in a patient's body and, in turn, reduce HIV symptoms, there remains no cure. Engineering better ...
Sep 8, 2025
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The U.S. is purchasing enough doses of a new twice-a-year HIV prevention shot to share with up to 2 million people in poor countries by 2028, the State Department announced Thursday.
Sep 5, 2025
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Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history's deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived.
Jul 13, 2025
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Global deaths from AIDS have dropped to their lowest levels in more than 30 years, in part due to efforts to fight HIV. But U.S. funding cuts could soon reverse that progress, experts warn.
Jul 11, 2025
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Lower-income countries will gain access to a "game-changing" HIV prevention drug with a new deal signed between US pharmaceutical giant Gilead and the Global Fund, the health financing group said Wednesday.
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