Nation Apr 18 Free access to dozens of preventive care treatments at risk in Supreme Court case By Laura Barrón-López, Maea Lenei Buhre
Health Oct 15 Why Black women face barriers to accessing PrEP, an HIV-preventing drug New HIV infections occur disproportionately among Black women, but exclusionary marketing, fewer treatment options, and provider wariness have limited uptake of preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, drugs, which reduce the risk of contracting the virus. By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News
Nation Jul 08 Watch 5:56 The potential effect of an Affordable Care Act legal fight on HIV prevention The latest legal battle over the Affordable Care Act centers on its mandate that private insurers cover preventive services, including drugs that prevent HIV infection. The retail price of those drugs can be as much as $6,000 for a 90-day…
Health Oct 05 Watch 7:57 Effort to provide preventative treatment for HIV set back by pandemic Three years ago, the Trump administration laid out a plan to drastically reduce new HIV infections. While cases are on the decline, the effort has faced significant setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Special correspondent Dr. Alok Patel reports in… By Dr. Alok Patel and Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center
Health May 14 What Trump’s PrEP deal means for the spread of HIV The Trump administration’s new deal to provide uninsured Americans with free drugs to prevent HIV infection could be a promising step, but actually reaching the very people most in need -- and convincing them to take it -- will be… By Jason Kane
Dec 24 Frustrated by bureaucracy, activists led grassroots effort to get drugs to curb HIV infections By Donato Paolo Mancini, STAT Truvada was first approved for preventive use in the United States in 2012, and has been shown to significantly reduce the chance of infection. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch 11:45 San Francisco’s bold AIDS mission is ‘getting to zero’ by 2030 By William Brangham, Jason Kane There’s still no vaccine and no cure, but the medical community is increasingly focused on ambitious plans to bring about an end to HIV/AIDS. The NewsHour launches its series, “The End of AIDS?” with a look at intense prevention and… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch 10:03 San Francisco bolsters anti-AIDS campaign with new funding By PBS News Hour 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 now… 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