The World Health Organization is now recommending that countries include an HIV drug newly approved for prevention, lenacapavir, as a tool in their efforts to fight HIV infections – especially for groups most at risk and in areas where the burden of HIV remains high.

Newborns exposed to HIV during pregnancy or birth should receive preventive antiretroviral medication immediately after delivery to reduce the risk of transmission from mother to child.

The World Health Organization on Monday recommended Gilead's lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, as a tool to prevent HIV infection. The recommendation, issued at the International AIDS Conference in Kigali,

Artificial intelligence chatbots could help with the introduction of a twice-yearly shot that can help prevent HIV, experts said at the International AIDS Society conference on HIV science in Rwanda on Monday.

Freda Jones, founder of LOTUS, empowers women living with HIV in Atlanta through a peer-led support group. Peer support is crucial for HIV care.

ViiV Healthcare, the HIV-focused joint venture majority owned by GSK , said on Monday it has expanded its licensing deal with the Medicines Patent Pool to allow generic production of its long-acting injectable HIV treatment cabotegravir.

Black women make up just 13% of the U.S. female population, yet they account for over 50% of new HIV diagnoses among women, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). That means more than half of all women newly diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. are Black — a staggering statistic that reflects deep-rooted inequalities.

This story was originally published by The Institute for Public Service Reporting Memphis. Healthcare providers across Tennessee are scrambling to find new funding for HIV prevention following the loss of a critical federal grant.

Pharma giant Gilead Sciences agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to state health insurance programs after admitting to a years-long kickback scheme to promote its panel of HIV medications. The California-based drug company reached a $202 million settlement with a coalition of 49 states led by New York for incentivizing doctors to prescribe its HIV meds with hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments,