As with many chronic and often deadly diseases, an ounce of prevention can be worth a ton of cure. It's a breakthrough drug ...

In a bold step toward global health justice, Ugandan biotech company DEI BioPharma has announced it will begin manufacturing ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the preventative use of lenacapavir, made by Gilead Sciences, on Wednesday. Experts ...

A newly approved HIV medication provides near-total protection against infection with just two injections a year. It's called Lenacapavir. But the high price of the drug could limit its reach.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication, Gilead Sciences reported ...

Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention shot by Gilead, could be produced for $25 a year but may sell for $25K, raising ...

Elton John and Jeanine White, the mother of Ryan White, urge Congress not to cut funding for lifesaving HIV and AIDS programs ...

The FDA has approved Yeztugo (lenacapvir), a twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV infection that could improve adherence ...

Yeztugo, approved by the FDA, was highly effective in two randomized trials. It costs $28,218 per year, and people have to be HIV-negative to get it.

A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One ...

In clinical trials, researchers found Yeztugo to be highly effective as a twice-yearly form of pre-exposure prophylaxis.

The drug is coming at a time when several studies aimed at finding an HIV cure or vaccine failed to yield expected results, even as the world races to end HIV/AIDs as a public health threat by 2030.