What is Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)? Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention strategy that enables HIV-negative people to stay HIV-negative by taking anti-HIV drugs (also called ...

Multiple pre-exposure (PrEP) and postexposure (PEP) treatments are now available to prevent HIV infection. An updated Canadian guideline published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) ...

A new HIV antiretroviral shows promise as a long-acting, oral prophylactic agent, according to a new study by Izzat Raheem, Tracy Diamond and colleagues from Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, ...

HIV-1 infection remains a major public health problem, with an estimated 38.4 million people living with HIV and 1.5 million new HIV infections reported worldwide in 2021. The risk of HIV infection ...

Before Ciarra Covin was diagnosed with HIV in 2008, medications called PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) that prevent HIV infection didn’t exist. As a college student in rural Georgia, Covin found out ...