The two medicines that made the news this week were not widely known, but are potential lifesavers for the people to whom they are prescribed. Pyrimethamine, sold as Daraprim, is a critical treatment for toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that is life-threatening for patients with compromised immune systems, including people with HIV. Cycloserine is used to treat […]
HIV
By Felix Chinguwo A two-year program in Malawi aims to educate people, especially men and boys, about HIV, reduce transmission of the virus, help people to […]
Tuberculosis
The publication of trial data showing a four-month treatment regimen for tuberculosis that is not resistant to first-line medicines as effective as the currently widely prescribed […]
Research & Development
By Mitchell Warren, executive director, AVAC In February 2020, just as the COVID pandemic began its rapid global spread, a major HIV vaccine trial called HVTN […]
Policy
By Amir M. Mohareb, MD, Louise C. Ivers, MD, MPH, Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD, and Shahin Lockman, MD, MSc As the U.S. convenes a global COVID-19 […]