Nationwide, an estimated 1.2 million people are eligible to receive medication that can prevent the spread of life-threatening HIV infection. But only roughly a third of those eligible are currently ...
Having unprotected sex puts you at risk for human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is medication that blocks the virus from making copies of ...
It’s been over a decade since the Food and Drug Administration first approved a medication to prevent HIV. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates just 30% of the 1.2 million ...
(HealthDay News) — A newly developed intervention program tailored to hospitals can reduce the rate of inappropriately prepared solid peroral drugs for patients with feeding tubes, according to a ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first injectable medication for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to lower the risk of getting HIV through sex, it announced Monday. The US Food and ...
Purpose. The impact of lean methodology in i.v. medication processes in a children's hospital was studied. Methods. Medication orders at a children's hospital were analyzed for 30 days to identify the ...
After nearly a decade of working as an advocate for HIV and AIDS treatment, Michael Chancley said he came to a sobering realization. “Seeing that people who look like me, who hang out at the same ...