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    Jul 11, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Truvada pill urged for AIDS prevention after promising studies

    As the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationweighs approval of a radical new method of AIDS prevention — a prescription pill taken once a day — advocates say the results of experimental trials in sub-Saharan Africa argue strongly for the drug's adoption in the United States.
    As the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationweighs approval of a radical new method of AIDS prevention — a prescription pill taken once a day — advocates say the results of experimental trials in sub-Saharan Africa argue strongly for the drug's...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Africa, Diseases and Illnesses, South Africa

    2. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  2. FDA approves drug to prevent HIV transmission

    Truvada has been on the market to treat HIV positive patients since 2004. But now, the Food and Drug Administration has given the drug the green light for people who are not HIV positive to use.
    Charles.Bassett@cw33.com
    Truvada has been on the market to treat HIV positive patients since 2004. But now, the Food and Drug Administration has given the drug the green light for people who are not HIV positive to use. "I think it's great news because we have for the first time...

    Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Drugs and Medicines, AIDS, HIV, Food and Drug Administration

    3. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  3. FDA Approves First Ever HIV Prevention Drug

    LOS ANGELES -- Adults who do not have HIV but are at risk of getting the disease will now be able to take a drug to reduce their chance of getting infected.
    KTLA News
    LOS ANGELES -- Adults who do not have HIV but are at risk of getting the disease will now be able to take a drug to reduce their chance of getting infected. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drug for this use on Monday....

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Chemical Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses

    4. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. New HIV prevention drug may not be for everyone

    Sexual promiscuity fueled by alcohol and drug use led one 47-year-old Towson man to contract HIV.
    Sexual promiscuity fueled by alcohol and drug use led one 47-year-old Towson man to contract HIV. But when he heard about government approval of the drug Truvada to lower people's risk of getting the disease, he wasn't completely sold on it as a...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Chemical Industry, Education, Diseases and Illnesses

    5. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  5. FDA approves FIRST drug for the PREVENTION of sexually acquired HIV

    On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationannounced it had approved the drug combination of 300 mg tenofovir and 200 mg emtricitabine (TDF/FTC; brand name <strong>Truvada</strong>) for daily use by <strong>uninfected</strong> adults<strong> to help prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV.</strong>&nbsp;
    On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationannounced it had approved the drug combination of 300 mg tenofovir and 200 mg emtricitabine (TDF/FTC; brand name Truvada) for daily use by uninfected adults to help prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV. ...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Chemical Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    6. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. FDA approves drug to prevent HIV infection

    The federal government has approved for the first time a drug that can prevent an HIV infection, a significant development for Baltimore where transmission rates for the virus remain high and growing.
    The federal government has approved for the first time a drug that can prevent an HIV infection, a significant development for Baltimore where transmission rates for the virus remain high and growing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved...

    Tags: Hepatitis B , Viral Diseases and Infections, Chemical Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses

    7. Aug 1, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  7. 2 Men with HIV cured after bone marrow transplant

    It's been a year for the fight against AIDS and HIV. First the FDA approved Truvada and now an even bigger discovery. A pair of men living with HIV are now free from the virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant. This is the closest doctors have ever come to finding a cure for the epidemic.
    KIAH
    It's been a year for the fight against AIDS and HIV. First the FDA approved Truvada and now an even bigger discovery. A pair of men living with HIV are now free from the virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant. This is the closest doctors have ever...

    Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, AIDS, HIV, Bone Marrow

    8. May 8, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  8. FDA favors first drug Truvada for HIV prevention

    WASHINGTON (AP)&mdash; Federal drug regulators are affirming that a landmark study showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill already on the market can also help people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in the first place.
    WASHINGTON (AP)— Federal drug regulators are affirming that a landmark study showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill already on the market can also help people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in the first place. The Food and Drug...

    Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Drugs and Medicines, Health, AIDS, HIV

    9. May 11, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  9. News briefs for Friday, May 11

    <span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Biden pushes Obama to declare gay marriage support, then offers his apologies</strong></span>
    Biden pushes Obama to declare gay marriage support, then offers his apologies WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, Mr. President. After nearly single-handedly pushing gay marriage to the forefront of the presidential campaign and inadvertently pressuring...

    Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Financial Markets, Syria, Culture, Israel

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