Nearly 20 states are moving to restrict assistance programs that help people afford HIV medications and treatment.
Thousands of low-income people living with HIV could be losing drug coverage as states impose limitations on HIV assistance programs amid constrained budgets — raising alarms over consistent access ...
It's designed to take the place of complicated, multiple drug regimens that many people with HIV need to follow. And it's ...
It is almost unimaginable how far we have come from the earliest days of the AIDS epidemic in the United States. The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981, and the mortality rate increased every ...
Melissa Schnure, PhD, wants to make sure some of the country’s most vulnerable patients are protected — low-income people living with HIV who depend on federally funded HIV services.It is why Schnure, ...
Clark County has a 36% higher rate of HIV than the United States average. And in 2023, HIV/AIDS affected more than 1,200 African Americans in Southern Nevada.
What is the history of the AIDS epidemic, when did treatment become widely available, and what are the current goals for ending this epidemic? In 2023, an estimated 39.9 million people around the ...
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential in addressing the diverse global HIV/AIDS pandemic, focusing on vulnerable populations. Significant gaps remain in achieving 2025 goals, with 23% of ...
The AIDS epidemic was raging when Pamela Biafora was diagnosed with HIV in 1986. The fear from the diagnosis, which she learned of after donating blood, was almost paralyzing. In the 1980s, a person ...
Florida has issued cuts to the Aids Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), a federal-state partnership that provides free FDA-approved HIV medication for low-income, uninsured or under-insured people.
The approval could slow new infections and move the world closer to eliminating HIV. But huge obstacles remain.
Doctors are being forced to turn away people with HIV/AIDS - meaning they will fall ill and almost certainly die - in eight African countries as donors cut funding amid the global economic meltdown, ...