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Image from the “Honestly” TV ad promoting Truvada as PrEP

In a First, Drugmaker Gilead Promotes PrEP and HIV Prevention in TV Ads

The “Healthysexual” campaign features young Black and Latino men, plus cisgender and transgender women. [VIDEO]

Young Gay and Bi Men Who Start PrEP Often Soon Stop Using It

This is according to an analysis of young men who have sex with men in Chicago.

Pilots Frustrated Over Air Force’s PrEP Policy

The HIV-prevention drug isn’t an approved med for pilots, even though it’s allowed in the Navy.

Clinicians in South Carolina Are Missing Chances to Prescribe PrEP to High-Risk Patients

An analysis of people diagnosed with recently contracted HIV in the state revealed many missed opportunities.

Some Gay Men Remain Wary of Condomless Sex With Undetectable HIV-Positive Men

A survey of Australian men who have sex with men conducted in 2016 found a low proportion trusted HIV treatment as prevention of the virus.

PrEP May Be Accelerating Gay and Bi Men’s Declining Condom Rate

An Australian study found that a recent spike in PrEP use coincided with a swift drop in condom use among both those on and off PrEP.

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National Caribbean-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018

With nearly 250,000 residents living with HIV, the Caribbean region has the second highest HIV prevalence in the world.
Milan Christopher in the PrEP’d AF campaign

Attention Gay and Bisexual Black Guys: Be “PrEP’d AF” Against HIV

The latest HIV prevention campaign from the Los Angeles LGBT Center stars gay music artist and model Milan Christopher.
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A Message to Anyone With HIV: “You Are Never Alone”

Plus: Five trends that will transform health care in the next 20 years.

Animal Studies of New HIV Vaccine Candidate Show Promise

NIH researchers have prompted animals to develop broadly neutralizing antibodies against the virus; an early human trial is in the works.
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This New Podcast Explores Living a Long Life With HIV

It’s just one episode of “HIV Matters,” a (free!) podcast series from the University of North Carolina’s Department of Medicine.

HIV-Negative Men Are Still Choosing Stigma Over Science

An HIV-negative writer asks: Why does resistance persist to the “Undetectable = Untransmittable” message?

Starting PrEP Is Tied to an Increased Likelihood of Contracting STIs

This finding, from a review of eight studies of 4,400 gay & bi men, suggests this group lowers condom use for anal sex after starting PrEP.

The Inspiring Story Behind the Pop-Up HIV Services of “One Tent Health”

“We’re a group of young DC kids trying to do something good for the city.”

Why I’m Spreading the Word About PrEP [VIDEO]

As a person living with HIV, I speak out for prevention—sometimes on the evening news!

How Do We Support Access and Adherence to PrEP by Adolescents?

A researcher responds to expanded approval of Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis by the Food and Drug Administration.
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