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On this episode, we explore the workings of the immune system and its response to challenges, including the effect of multiple sclerosis on young patients.
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Positive Healthcare is a Medicare Advantage plan and includes prescription drug coverage for people with HIV or AIDS. Also known as PHP, it has offered coverage in Broward, Miami-Dade and Duval.
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The government has proposed that Medicare fully cover PrEP, a change that could help America catch up with nations in Europe and Africa that are on track to end new infections decades before the U.S.
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The program is funded through a grant from the National Institutes of Health and is part of a two-year intervention study aimed at reducing stigma for people who are HIV positive and for members of Vietnam’s gay and bisexual communities.
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As appeals continue, the administration isn’t attempting to block immediate enforcement of O’Connor’s ruling as it applies to the handful of Texas plaintiffs who filed suit.
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The plan launched in 2019 has generated ways to reach at-risk populations across the South. But health officials, advocates and people living with HIV worry significant headwinds will keep the program from reaching its goals.
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A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a key part of the law. Opponents say the ruling jeopardizes preventive care for millions of Americans.
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The four-decade effort to create an AIDS vaccine suffered a blow with news that a vaccine in a late stage trial was discontinued because results showed it to be ineffective. What are the obstacles?
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In 2019, President Trump announced a challenge to lower HIV case rates to 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030. It was and is an ambitious goal, but a local team has a plan that focuses on diminishing stigma and increased testing.
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It was a big year for viruses, which simply refused to be ignored. And unlike the previous two years, COVID had to share the spotlight.