A Study Shows Truvada Can Sharply Cut Risk of HIV Infection by Larry Buhl Just before Thanksgiving the results of a huge study showing that a well-established treatment for HIV could also be used for prevention gave many people reason to be thankful. Nicknamed iPrEx, the double-blind study included nearly 2,500 men and was coordinated by the Gladstone Institutes of the University of California, San Francisco. The study found Truvada, a pill that combines two antiretroviral HIV medications, tenofovir and emtricitabine, curbed HIV infection in [...]

Reports of alarming rates of HIV among incarcerated Americans fall on deaf ears of those in power. Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren Between 20% and 26% of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States have spent time in the correctional system.” That was the startling and little-noticed statement in a 2006 study by UC San Francisco professor Elizabeth Kantor, titled “HIV Transmission and Prevention in Prisons.” As her source, Kantor cited a 2002 report to Congress by the National Commission on Correctional Health [...]

A Phoenix, Arizona-based program at Native Health reaches out to young men of color.