CVS tells HIV activists that pharma company Gilead needs to lower price of PrEP drug if it wants it covered
A CVS executive told PrEP4All by email that the $28,000 price on a drug sold for $40 overseas was unacceptable.
October 24, 2025
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Javier Muñoz and Peppermint warn Congress 'we will be back to HIV wards' if funding is cut
Javier Muñoz and Peppermint tell The Advocate about their time on Capitol Hill fighting for HIV funds.
September 3, 2025
Health officials and experts praise CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis for standing up in blistering resignation
One HHS official called him a "public health martial artist."
August 28, 2025
CVS Health denies coverage for breakthrough HIV drug, committing 'clear violation' of ACA
CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."
August 22, 2025
Messenger RNA could be the key to an HIV vaccine — but RFK Jr.'s cuts pose a threat
The notorious anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. recently canceled $500 million in federal grants for mRNA vaccine research.
August 20, 2025
Botswana’s queer lifelines are vanishing
Opinon: Global funding cuts are threatening the survival of LGBTQ+ health centers in Botswana—putting lives, safety, and progress at risk.
August 8, 2025
Court blocks termination of LGBTQ-related NIH health research grants
A federal court in Maryland found the termination discriminatory and unconstitutional.
August 1, 2025
How the Black AIDS Institute continues to fill in the gaps
BAI was founded as a nonprofit in 1999 by pioneering activist Phill Wilson to mobilize and educate Black American communities about HIV/AIDS treatment and care.
July 25, 2025
PEPFAR likely to be exempt from spending cuts
The U.S. Senate and the Trump administration have agreed to exempt the global AIDS-fighting program.
July 15, 2025
How a gay HIV survivor helped Superman Christopher Reeve and was helped in return
Michael Manganiello worked hand in hand with Reeve and his wife, Dana, and he never thought he’d outlive them both.
July 11, 2025
These crisis hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump ends special 988 services
The Trump administration is cutting the 988 special service for LGBTQ+ youth, but there are still several existing lifelines for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis. Here are some.
July 7, 2025
Why LGBTQ+ advocates hope Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' costs the Republicans in the midterms
Speaker Mike Johnson pushed through the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," that will disproportionately affect LGBTQ+ people.
July 3, 2025
Supreme Court hands RFK Jr. new power over Americans’ health, buried in PrEP case ruling
While the justices upheld the coverage requirement for insurance companies to pay for preventive care at no cost to the patient, they also gave the HHS secretary more power.
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June 27, 2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules to save free access to PrEP and other preventive care
The defendants in the case previously argued that requiring insurance coverage of PrEP access was similar to supporting homosexuality.
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June 27, 2025
This Nashville country singer is opening up about his sexuality and HIV status in new song 'Sin'
"I don't expect terrestrial country radio to pick me or play this song. It's not meant for them," says David Michael Hawkins. "The song is meant for queer people who hear themselves in the lyrics. It's meant for people, like me, who were raised on country music, who can finally relate to a song."
June 20, 2025
FDA approves breakthrough drug that reduces risk of contracting HIV by 96 percent
Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir, has been approved after nearly eliminating the spread of HIV among trial patients.
June 18, 2025
'New pathway' to cure for HIV discovered using tech from COVID-19 vaccine
One of the main roadblocks in developing a cure for HIV has been finding a way to isolate the virus as it hides among white blood cells.
June 11, 2025
This LGBTQ+ nonprofit just raised $285M to challenge legislative attacks on queer lives
“We will not go back,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings told The Advocate.
June 10, 2025
Was it worth it, Elon? You were a stupid Trump supplicant who sunk like all the know-it-alls before you
Opinion: I predicted that Musk would fly too close to Trump and be irrevocably burned, and it's happening, writes John Casey.
June 6, 2025
This HIV Long-Term Survivor Day, listen to this leader from God's Love We Deliver
"It was strangers taking care of strangers."
June 5, 2025
Chuck Schumer demands reinstatement of federal HIV funding after RFK Jr.’s ‘indiscriminate cuts’
With HIV vaccine research canceled and prevention programs dismantled, the Democratic Senate minority leader expects answers from the Department of Health and Human Services before July.
June 4, 2025