HIV prevention

Map showing concentrated HIV prevalence in southern Africa

New HIV Map Offers Most Detailed Look Yet At The Epidemic

11:24pm May 15, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

Knowing where rates of prevalence are highest — and lowest — can lead to new strategies for treatment and prevention. The map focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, the epicenter of the epidemic.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar at a White House roundtable discussion of health care prices in January. Azar tells NPR his office is now in "active negotiations and discussion" with drugmakers on how to make HIV prevention medicines more available and "cost-effe

How HHS Secretary Reconciles Proposed Medicaid Cuts, Stopping The Spread Of HIV

9:35am April 09, 2019

As head of the Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar is charged with making Trump's plan to end HIV in the U.S. by 2030 work. "We have an historic opportunity," he tells NPR.

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More testing for HIV infection is one of the steps needed to halt the spread of the virus.

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Halting U.S. HIV Epidemic By 2030: Difficult But Doable

8:12pm February 06, 2019

The Trump administration has a plan to end the spread of HIV in the U.S. in 10 years. HIV/AIDS advocates say it's feasible but that the administration's actions on health run counter to the goal.

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Rising Cost Of PrEP, A Pill That Prevents HIV, Pushes It Out Of Reach For Many

6:00am June 30, 2018

Many people at high risk for HIV can't afford PrEP, though it's more than 90 percent effective if taken daily. Its list price, close to $2,000 for a 30-day supply, has risen 45 percent in six years.

A child is tested for HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa. A single injection of antibodies that target HIV is being developed and analyzed.

Chasing A New Way To Prevent HIV: Passive Immunization

4:44pm April 18, 2018

by Richard Knox

The idea is to inject anti-HIV antibodies that would kill the virus when people get exposed. A new study is promising — although it was conducted on monkeys.

At a recent National LGBTQ Task Force conference in Washington D.C., Luis Felipe Cebas (right) from Whitman-Walker Health, talks with Sarah Fleming about PrEP, the pre-exposure drug that can help protect against HIV infection.

PrEP Campaign Aims To Block HIV Infection And Save Lives In D.C.

5:21pm April 10, 2018

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

PrEP is shorthand for a pill that prevents HIV infection, if taken daily. As Washington, D.C. aims to cut new infections in half by 2020, it hopes to quadruple the number of residents on the medicine.

Heineken has bottling plants around the world.

Global Fund Pounded For Partnering With Heineken

1:00pm March 15, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

Critics say it's not appropriate for a health group to work with a beer company. Others argue that such partnerships are vital to eliminate diseases like AIDS and TB by 2030.

Researchers are working on a new way to deliver anti-HIV drugs. A six-pointed device (artist's rendering, above) folds up to fit inside a capsule. One swallowed, the capsule dissolves and the device opens up and slowly dispenses the medication.

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Swallowing A 'Mini-Pillbox' Could Change The Way HIV Drugs Are Delivered

2:21pm January 09, 2018

by Susan Brink

The idea is that a single capsule could deliver a week's worth of medication — contained in a six-pointed device that's folded up in a capsule.

Nick Vargas talks with Dr. Kathryn Hall at The Source, an LGBT center in Visalia, Calif. Hall says that time and time again, her patients tell her they're afraid to come out to their other doctors.

'Here It Goes': Coming Out To Your Doctor In Rural America

5:06am November 21, 2017

by Ezra David Romero

For LGBTQ Americans in rural areas, finding a sympathetic physician can be difficult. And that challenge makes getting appropriate health care even harder.

An HIV-positive mother in Thailand plays with her son, who did not contract the virus in utero. Thailand has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV, according to the World Health Organization.

There's Great News — And Grim News — In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS

1:27pm July 28, 2017

by Natalie Jacewicz

The epidemic is always changing. Here's a look at some of the latest trends.