Unfortunately, the Trump administration and the Republican majorities in Congress are putting access to lifesaving ...

Researchers found that lenacapavir reduced almost 100% reduction new HIV infections among participants who received it as a ...

President Donald Trump is removing a large portion of HIV funding he previously greenlit for a future without AIDs. For ...

Medical professionals Timothy Holtz and Teri Mills worked with AIDS patients in the 1990s, when treatments were few. With ...

Thousands of adults age 50-plus are diagnosed with HIV every year, but an expanding menu of medications can help prevent ...

The World Health Organization is now recommending that countries include an HIV drug newly approved for prevention, lenacapavir, as a tool in their efforts to fight HIV infections – especially for ...

A landmark breakthrough in HIV prevention — a scientific feat decades in the making — received final approval from the Food ...

LEN is the first long-acting PrEP product that requires only two injections per year, offering an appealing alternative to ...

Lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis, has been recommended by the WHO to help protect high-risk ...

Lenacapavir prevents infection and treats HIV, not a 'cure' HIV is the virus that causes AIDS − a disease in which the immune system is damaged to the point that its ability to resist infection ...

The World Health Organization on Monday recommended Gilead's lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, as a tool to prevent HIV ...

How does lenacapavir compare to other HIV prevention drugs? Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, medications are sold as a daily pill under brand names Truvada and Descovy, as well as generic versions.