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Getting Prep, Step Two
Since late October I have been trying to get a prescription for Truvada to be used as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent the possible contraction of HIV. It has not been an easy process and has...
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PrEP, at last
The last step in my quest for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is complete. My liver is functioning fine and I received clearance to begin the process. I’ve taken my first pill and in about seven days...
View ArticleSouth Africa approves PrEP
South Africa has joined the United States and France in approving the use of Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the prevention of the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)....
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AHF’s Michael Weinstein mocks the CDC about PrEP
In 1987 there was little to no hospice care available for dying AIDS patients. Several activists united and petitioned LA County Board of Supervisors for funding and the AIDS Hospice Foundation was...
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Michael Weinstein doubles down on “PrEP = Party Drug”; lies about video
Public Health Solutions is a NYC based non-profit that performs both research and outreach on public health matters. As part of their focus, they support the increased use of pre-exposure prophylaxis...
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AHF files complaint against Gilead
Earlier this month, AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its president Michael Weinstein issued a press release accusing Gilead of creating a direct-to-consumer advertisement which encouraged situational...
View ArticleGood news from DC
Over the past several years, the city government of Washington, DC, has dedicated itself to a comprehensive and concerted effort to reduce the number of new infections of the human immunodeficiency...
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PrEP use 90% higher than last estimated
Last month, AIDS Healthcare Foundation issued a smirking attack on the Centers for Disease Control, mocking the low number of people who are availing themselves of pre-exposure prophylaxis. “…according...
View ArticleIsrael joins the PrEP revolution
Haaretz The Israeli Health Ministry has for the first time approved pre-exposure prophylaxis that will help prevent HIV infection. The PrEP process, as it is called for short, involves taking drugs...
View ArticlePrEP has first failure
There has always been the assumption that a person on pre-exposure prophylaxis could become infected with HIV if they had sexual contact with a person who had a large viral-load of a strain of HIV...
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