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This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
Now millions of people take drugs known as antiretrovirals that keep HIV from spreading in the body. Stopping those drugs lets the virus start multiplying in the body again, and it could become ...
STAT2d
HIV self-testing is easy, effective — and underutilized
HIV self-testing remains underutilized among not only the general public, but especially people who use drugs.
Reformulation of HIV prevention drug lenacapavir makes it last for a year
A team of pharmaceutical researchers at biopharma company Gilead Sciences has announced that a reformulation of its HIV ...
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HIV drug could offer yearlong protection with a single shot
A new formulation of Gilead's HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, has shown promise in providing yearlong protection with just one injection. The study, published in The Lancet, evaluated the ...
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But ...
STAT3d
Gilead data suggest once-yearly shot of PrEP drug blocks HIV infection
Gilead released data showing that an HIV drug, called lenacapavir, could provide virtually complete protection against ...