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HIV Patients at Risk as New Budget Plan Targets Critical Funding

As lawmakers in Washington debate the new federal budget, one group is bracing for devastating consequences: Americans living with HIV. The proposed GOP-led budget calls...

Saving Advice · Jun 26, 2025

US approves twice-yearly injection for HIV prevention – what you need to know about lenacapavir

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lenacapavir, an injectable drug that offers long-lasting protection against HIV infection. Administered once every six months, this new treatment marks a major advancement in expanding prevention options for people at risk of HIV infection.

The Conversation · Jun 24, 2025

US approves breakthrough HIV jab – but aid cuts mean it may not get to millions in need

FDA approval paves the way for the jab to roll out across the world. But with funding being slashed, will it get to the people who need it? Rachel Schraer reports

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025

US Approves Gilead's Twice-yearly Injection To Prevent HIV

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences' twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV -- a move the company hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against the sexually transmitted virus.

International Business Times · Jun 18, 2025

Here’s what to know about the twice-yearly preventative HIV shot

A twice-yearly drug called lenacapavir is now the longest-lasting type of PrEP

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

‘I’ve lost hope of overturning Uganda’s brutal anti-LGBT+ law thanks to Trump’s aid cuts’

IN FOCUS: Without US funding as leverage, one of Uganda’s most prominent LGBT+ activists Steven Kabuye tells Rachel Schraer, there are few ways to push the country towards change

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

Gay Men’s Health Crisis showed how everyday people stepped up when institutions failed during the height of the AIDS epidemic – providing a model for today

The story of the AIDS movement is one of regular people: students, bartenders, stay-at-home mothers, teachers, retired lawyers, immigrants, Catholic nuns, newly out gay men who had just arrived in New York, and many others. Some had lost friends or lovers. Some felt a moral calling. Some were just trying…

The Conversation · Jun 18, 2025

Australia makes world-first change to blood donation rules

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The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

Australia lifts ban preventing gay men from donating blood and plasma

Lifeblood will no longer ask men if they had sex with men in the past three months

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma

Many gay and bisexual men have been excluded from donating blood and plasma (the liquid portion of blood) for decades because of rules developed during the HIV crisis in the 1980s.

The Conversation · Jun 18, 2025