Sen. Kamala Harris is introducing a bill to reduce transmission of HIV by encouraging the use of PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, a drug that's more than 92% effective in preventing new infections. If it becomes law, PrEP would be free to most patients.
US Sen. Kamala Harris is introducing a bill to reduce the transmission of HIV by encouraging the use of PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, a drug that's more than 92% effective in preventing new infections. If it becomes law, PrEP would be free to most patients.
Still HIV negative but at risk of an infection? Take this pill, experts sayThere were nearly 40,000 new HIV infections in the United States in 2017, the last year of available data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 1.1 million people in the United States who could benefit from PrEP, only 7% filled prescriptions for it in 2016, according to the CDC.
The donation"will help us achieve our goal of ending the HIV epidemic in America," Trump tweeted.Some of Harris' rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have made PrEP affordability a part of their campaigns.
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