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There are now more ways than ever — including long-acting injectables — to prevent the spread of HIV.
October 10, 2025
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Myth or Truth: Will PrEP Create Drug Resistance?
Today we look at the question of whether taking Truvada for PrEP will create a resistant HIV strain.
October 15, 2014
FDA Approves New Drug for PrEP, Which May Offer Less Side Effects
The HIV prevention medication Descovy is now greenlit for gay and bisexual men, and transgender women.
October 3, 2019
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
CDC: More Than a Third of Sexually Active Gay, Bi Men Use PrEP
Use of the drug jumped six-fold from 2012 to 2017, but officials still want more people on PrEP.
March 8, 2019
Conservative Texas Lawyer Targets PrEP Access After Abortion Rights
PrEP drugs "encourage and facilitate homosexual behavior," says Texas abortion law author Jonathan Mitchell in a federal lawsuit targeting the antiviral medications.
July 13, 2022
Democrats Introduce Bill to Make PrEP Available to More Americans
White Republicans have targeted PrEP access in an attempt to limit what insurance companies cover, Democrats are trying to expand access to the life saving drugs.
July 1, 2023
Elizabeth Warren's LGBTQ Platform on Blood Ban, PrEP, and More
If elected president, she says she'd lift the blood ban, let the government produce PrEP drugs, and fight anti-trans violence, among many other promises.
October 10, 2019
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
Trans Women Can PrEP Without Fear
The latest research debunks a commonly held misconception about hormones and PrEP.
January 17, 2019
PrEP to Be Available for Free Even If You're Uninsured
The federal government today announced the procedure for applying for free HIV prevention drugs.
December 3, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris Introducing Bill to Mandate PrEP Coverage
Harris wants both public and private insurers to cover Truvada for PrEP without a co-pay. She also proposes grants to help the uninsured.
June 20, 2019
California Makes PrEP and PEP Available Without Prescription
The state is the first in the nation to expand access this way, something advocates say is key for rural and minority populations.
October 7, 2019
PrEP4All Claims Gilead Held Back Safer HIV Drug
The activist group wants the federal government to reject a patent extension for Gilead's tenofovir alafenamide, a component of several HIV meds.
December 5, 2019
An Australian Man Has Been Diagnosed With HIV While On PrEP
He had been on an on-demand PrEP strategy for over five years, but was later diagnosed in December.
March 22, 2019
Biden proposes new rule eliminating cost sharing for injectable PrEP
The new rule was contained within a larger proposal to ensure contraceptive coverage in the face of Republican attacks.
October 22, 2024
Myth or Truth: Is Everyone Who Wants PrEP Already on It?
Today we examine whether the demand for PrEP has already been satisfied.
October 28, 2014
U.S. Gov't Sues Gilead for Patent Infringement Over PrEP Medication
The maker of Truvada and Descovy has not ever paid licensing frees for PrEP, a patented process discovered by scientists at the CDC.
November 7, 2019
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
Why Michael Weinstein Is Blamed for PrEP Myths
Michael Weinstein was a pioneer in fighting the stigma around HIV since the early 1980s. So why are people so upset with his activism these days?
October 31, 2014
The Next Condom Conundrum
Why use a rubber when you can just pop a pill? That's what HIV-negative guys across the country are asking themselves -- and their doctors.
January 5, 2009