Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
FDA Approves First Injectable PrEP Medication
thegavoice.comThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first injectable treatment for preventing HIV. The new drug, Apretude, requires two shots one month apart followed by one shot every two months, offering a more convenient alternative to Truvada, a daily pill that is currently the most common form of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
According to a press release from the FDA, the first Apretude trial compared its results to Truvada’s among a sample of cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men.
Participants using Apretude were 69 percent less likely to get HIV. In another trial, a sample of cisgender women taking Apretude were found to be 90 percent less likely to get HIV than those taking Truvada.
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