HIV/AIDS

Gilead Relinquishes Its PrEP Patent—But Did It Mislead Investors?

On May 8, pharmaceutical company Gilead quietly announced that it will relinquish its exclusive patent on Truvada for HIV pre-exposure…

May 8, 2019

New Study: Syringe Service Providers Could Have Prevented the Scott County HIV Outbreak

In the wake of the unprecedented outbreak of HIV among people who inject drugs in Scott County, Indiana 4 years…

May 1, 2019

Sharing “Cookers” Heightens HIV Transmission Risk—But There’s An Easy Way To Fix That

Sharing injection drug preparation equipment, like "cookers," increases people's risks of transmitting HIV, according to a study released online in…

April 30, 2019

Bernie Sanders Backs #BreakThePatent Fight for Universal PrEP Access

The fight for universal access to PrEP medication for HIV prevention was picked up by Vermont Senator and presidential hopeful…

April 29, 2019

Huge Harm Reduction Gathering Allows Portugal to Teach the World

To walk down the hill to the Douro River in Porto on a sunny day is to navigate a delightful…

April 29, 2019

Hep C Treatment Is Scarce Behind Bars—And Jeopardized Upon Release

In April 2010, Sean tested positive for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center. Aged 37, he…

April 18, 2019

The Justice Gap: Trump Budget Attack on Legal Aid Orgs Targets Drug Users, HIV-Positive People

Many of the policies peddled by the Trump administration sound like a broken record. A case in point is its…

April 16, 2019

In Approaching Nicotine, Let’s Learn From Past Harm Reduction Victories

Alternative nicotine products—including e-cigarettes, lower-risk tobacco alternatives like snus, and heat-not-burn devices—have fallen under disproportionate levels of scrutiny all over…

April 15, 2019

#BreakThePatent: Activists Fight for Universal Access to Overpriced HIV Medication

Nothing for us without us!" In a spacious ballroom crowded with attendees at the AIDSWatch 2019 gathering in Washington, DC…

April 9, 2019

Beyond Purdue: Our Deadly Unlearned Lessons From the Overdose Crisis

There is a profound moment in the film And The Band Played On, about the early days of the US…

March 27, 2019