A daily preventive pill can be invaluable for people at risk for HIV. But some doctors don't know much about prescribing them. And billing headaches are common. Here's how to overcome those hurdles.
Share on Pinterest The new mandate covers the cost of all associated services, including office visits and lab tests needed to maintain the prescription. Yakubov Alim/Getty Images New federal guidance ...
Anthony Cantu, 31, counsels patients at a San Antonio health clinic about a daily pill shown to prevent HIV infection. Last summer, he started taking the medication himself, an approach called ...
The more-than-a-quarter-million Americans who use PrEP could lose free access to the HIV-prevention medication through their employer-sponsored health insurance, following a Texas judge’s ruling last ...
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When Nicklaus Chalk started law school at the University of California, Berkeley, last fall, one of his top priorities was to take care of his health. The 24-year-old student visited a doctor to get a ...
In a move that is expected to prove transformative to the national HIV-prevention effort, the federal government has announced that almost all health insurers must cover the HIV prevention pill, known ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Porsha Burton doesn't believe in the notion that a lady never reveals her age. "My 33rd birthday," she says with a smile adding that she's grateful for every single year. "It's ...
The HIV epidemic remains a critical public health priority in the United States. The Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative seeks to reduce HIV diagnoses by 75% by 2025 and by 90% by 2030. Certain ...
"My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine hearing tests every few months until he is 10 years old.
The owner of the U.S.' largest pharmacy benefit manager is declining to cover Gilead Sciences’ long-acting HIV prevention breakthrough, at least for now. CVS Health, the parent of PBM juggernaut CVS ...
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 ...