Sep 22 U.S. pharmaceutical company raises price of AIDS medication by 5,000 percent By Alison Moore The price of Darapim, a 62-year-old medical treatment used by AIDS patients, has increased by more than 5,000 percent after being acquired by pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals for $55 million on August 10. Continue reading
May 28 Watch 5:54 Patients should start HIV drugs as early as possible, study finds By PBS News Hour Federal health officials now say that individuals with HIV should start antiretroviral drugs as soon as they are diagnosed. That announcement was made after a large clinical trial was stopped because the evidence was so overwhelming. But how do you… Continue watching
Apr 12 8 things you didn’t know about Truvada By Daniel Costa-Roberts Truvada can be used for what is called "PrEP," short for "pre-exposure prophylaxis," the controversial practice of using antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 9:02 How San Francisco plans to ‘get to zero’ new infections of HIV By PBS News Hour An ambitious new plan in San Francisco aims to completely end the transmission of HIV, which infects about 50,000 people every year nationwide. In a city where huge strides have already been made in battling the epidemic, public health officials,… Continue watching
Mar 29 As HIV epidemic rages in Indiana, lessons to be learned from Vancouver By William Brangham Indiana Governor Mike Pence this week declared a public health emergency because of 79 H.I.V. cases among injection drug-users in the southern part of the state. Continue reading
Mar 17 Can countries survive their move to the middle class? By Larisa Epatko HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has pulled itself up economically over the decades. One of the consequences? Diminishing donor funds. Continue reading
Dec 01 Can teaching Kenyan girls to save money also save them from HIV? By Ellen Rolfes For adolescent girls in Kenya, poverty increases the likelihood of sexual exploitation. When older men take advantage of a girl's need for food, medicine and school fees by demanding sexual favors, it can have long-lasting consequences, like HIV/AIDS, the second… Continue reading
Jul 18 Deceased AIDS researchers grieved on social media By Anna Christiansen, Diane Jeanty We lost 100 researchers and activists that were dedicated to improve the health of others. Heaven is now a wealthy place #MH17 #AIDS2014 — Katrina Tsoutsoulis (@katrinat91) July 18, 2014 As many as… Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 9:43 As stigma against gays in Uganda spikes, so do HIV risks By Jeffrey Brown, Jason Kane, Victoria Fleischer While the United Nations has reported optimistic news about controlling the global epidemic of HIV and AIDS, Uganda’s infection rates are growing. Public health officials say the trend is partially tied to stigma faced by at-risk groups like gay men… Continue watching
Jul 17 Uganda’s activists answer questions on gay rights, sex workers and AIDS prevention By Nora Daly We will be taking your questions for four activists and human rights workers who deal specifically with at-risk populations in Uganda. Continue reading