Category: drug

Ads on Facebook are spreading misinformation about anti-HIV drugs

Post author By Randall
Post date December 15, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, aids, drug, drugs, Facebook, gear, glaad, health, hiv, Internet, lgbt, Lgbtq, medicine, misinformation, prep, social network, social networking, Tech, truvada

[ad_1] GLAAD said it contacted Facebook’s public policy team and reached out to five fact-checking agencies, but the social network answered by pointing to a public ad policy page explaining why ads can be removed. In response, GLAAD posted an open letter asking Facebook to remove the ads, with support coming from 50 organizations, New […]

Strawberry-flavored HIV medicine could save thousands of children

Post author By Randall
Post date November 30, 2019
Categories In aids, babies, baby, Children, cipra, drug, gear, hiv, medicine, quadrimune, Tech

[ad_1] The medicine includes four recommended antiretroviral drugs and doesn’t require refrigeration — important in Africa, where warm temperatures and inconsistent electricity are frequently issues. Crucially, it’s relatively inexpensive. Quadrimune will cost less than $1 per day for a child between 20 to 30 pounds, and 50 cents per day for younger children. While that […]