So far, the FDA has approved the drug only for people who already have HIV that’s resistant to other treatments. But its producer Gilead has signed licensing agreements with manufacturers to produce generic versions for HIV prevention in 120 low-income countries.

Advocates for people with HIV are concerned the Biden administration will not fully implement a ruling that allows enlistment by healthy HIV-positive Americans, leaving the matter to Trump.

But just seven years ago, and despite living with HIV for nearly half his life, Duffy was remarkably healthy, working in Boston as a respiratory therapist, ambitious, and always moving. “Foot loose and fancy free,” is how he describes it.

Discover the latest advancements in HIV prevention and how they offer hope for reducing infections, especially in the Black community.

Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby providing protection.

Breakthrough innovations have come to light that have proved to be more than 95% effective in preventing HIV infection with injections just twice a year. Once a year might even be possible. They could also be key for 40 million people living with HIV around the world who need better options for treatment.

Scientists discovered that repetitive HIV vaccinations can lead the body to produce antibodies targeting the immune complexes already bound to the virus — knowledge that could lead to better vaccines.

Patients with HIV have higher risk for obstructive lung disease, gas exchange impairment, a rapid reduction in lung function, and emphysema.

It’s all the more tragic because HIV drugs can keep people from catching the virus, and prevent those living with the virus from passing it on. If everyone who needed these drugs could access them, activists say new HIV infections in Atlanta would fall by 90%, potentially saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

Here are some of the findings from UNAIDS' new report on HIV and human rights, and what they could mean for the fight against AIDS.

The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one Indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an alarming rate.

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