HIV

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was awarded a federal grant to improve HIV education and prevention in Dallas-Fort Worth.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas has the second-highest rate of new HIV diagnoses in the country. Denton County Public Health is working to change that statistic through community testing.

Advocates are gathering in Austin Monday to meet with lawmakers about funding and bills on HIV health care.

A new study suggests that. yes, there are superdodgers. But explaining why they've been able to avoid the virus is a bit complicated.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling could threaten access to sexual and reproductive health care for more than 150 million working Americans on employer-sponsored health care plans. The ruling will likely be appealed.

COVID-19 gets far more media attention, but HIV remains a major problem in Dallas County. KERA’s Sam Baker talked with Dr. Amneris Luque, a professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and the medical director of Parkland Hospital’s HIV program, about the decision to offer Universal HIV testing.

Doctors say they want to normalize HIV testing so people can start treatment early.

After years of research, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has recently announced the approval of Apretude, the first injectable HIV prevention treatment to replace the daily pill regime.

The unit’s aim is to meet local and federal health leaders’ goals of ending the HIV epidemic.

One recent study concluded people living with HIV were more likely to face severe illness and to die if hospitalized than others infected. Results from another recent study found no greater risk.

The program was considering a waitlist to help cut costs after it faced a $100 million budget shortfall.

Although the money helps fill some of the budget shortfall, the possibility of a medication waitlist still remains.