From stateline.org: Thousands of low-income people living with HIV could be losing drug coverage as states impose limitations on HIV assistance programs amid constrained budgets — raising alarms over consistent access to lifesaving medications. Many factors are putting budget constraints on state programs, including federal funding — which has remained flat for years and hasn’t…
From wtxl.com: More than 16,000 Floridians could lose access to life-saving HIV medications under new state rules. NORTHWEST TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed a legal challenge against the Florida Department of Health over changes that could cut thousands off HIV treatment funding. Changes to ADAP could impact more than 16,000 Floridians living…
From Positively Aware: With changes coming March 1, thousands could no longer qualify under tighter income requirements; Biktarvy being dropped in favor of generic drugs Sudden changes announced by the Florida Department of Health (DOH) could leave thousands of Floridians living with HIV scrambling to find new medications and another way to pay for their health…
From TheBodyPro: Fewer than half of cisgender women on oral antiretroviral therapy expressed an interest in trying injectable HIV treatment, a U.S. survey found. […] Researchers surveyed 1,078 cisgender women living with HIV in nine U.S. urban areas during 2020-2021 about their interest in long-acting injectable HIV treatment. Currently, only cabotegravir/rilpivirine (Cabenuva) is approved in…
From pbs.org: 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 accessing preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, which is seen as key to eventually ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. A set of…