Gilead Science is testing its top-selling HIV drug, Truvada, for use as a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – a way to prevent HIV transmission. In a recent study, the …
Condoms in Porn
In August 2011, the adult film industry in Los Angeles suspended filming after a performer tested HIV positive. Although Cal-OSHA, the state workplace safety organization, says the law requires the …
Questions about how porn industry handled HIV scare
By: Corina Knoll, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA – September 6, 2011 A filming moratorium in the porn industry was lifted this weekend after an adult-film performer whose HIV-positive test prompted a weeklong shutdown of …
AIDS activists deliver letters to Gilead slamming drug policies
By: The Business Journals AIDS activists who have long voiced complaints about Gilead Sciences Inc.‘s HIV drug pricing and policies said Friday that they left1,593 letters with the company’s CEO detailing …
Condoms-in-porn L.A. ballot initiative petition effort underway
Adult film performers would be required to use condoms to obtain Los Angeles city film permits under a measure local AIDS activists hope to put on the city’s June 2012 …
AIDS Healthcare Foundation lobbies against fed PrEP approval
By: SAM SPOKONY, Gay City News New York – August 11, 2011 While medical professionals and advocacy groups have begun to promote the research and development of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a method of HIV prevention …