THe FDA has given the green light to prescibe a new once a day combination. This gives those who are new to treatment another option to consider in  their fight against HIV.  The once a day combo is four drugs in one with two of those drugs relatively new to ...

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Chris Woodring, PharmD, and his student, Michelle Krier, (PharmD candidate 2013) created the following blog about the Quad Pill. This is a continuation of our partnership with our parent organization, AIDS Care, and its pharmacy, Pleasant St. Apothecary.

What is the Quad Pill?

The Quad Pill is a new combination ...

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Each June National HIV Testing Day takes place across the country. During the month of June many organizations take part either on June 27th or a day close to the actual testing day. 

AIDS CARE will be holding their annual event on Friday June 22, 2012 from 10 a.m ...

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There continues to be much public debate within both the medical, general public, and those infected with HIV about the availability of a rapid home HIV test kit.  The FDA is in final approval stages and at this time it looks likely that a rapid test kit will be made ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hear evidence about whether to allow the prescription of Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP). This means HIV negative individuals (i.e. people who do not have HIV) who engage in high risk sexual behaviors such as, unprotected anal sex, would regularly ...

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The New York State Court of Appeals is currently hearing a case where the prosecutor hold the opinion that Saliva from an HIV infected person should be treated as a deadly weapon. You can read the full text of the article here. 

The case stems from an incident where an ...

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As a part of LGBT Health Month, on Thursday, March 22 we screened We Were Here:  The AIDS Years in San Francisco at the Little Theatre on East Avenue.  The screening was free and open to the public, and was followed by a panel discussion consisting of Stanley Byrd of ...

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The Health Resources and Services Administration announced this will they will have two types of grants available. Both grants announced by the Obama administration will focus on HIV positive transgender women of color. This is particularly important because the data collected from the report Injustice at Every Turn: A Report ...

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Today Reverend Alicia Heath-Toby will share with us an excerpt from her essay "What Would Jesus Do?: The Care of the LGBTIQ Communities in the Face of HIV/AIDS." Rev. Alicia Heath-Toby, hails from New York City. For the last 18 years, she and her wife, Saundra "Ms. Honei" Toby- ...

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December 1st is World AIDS Day.  This is a celebratory day reflecting upon lives lost and battles won in the fight against the HIV virus.  The theme for this year which runs until 2015 is Getting to Zero:" Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths.  A ...

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