A member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors made a powerful statement today. Scott Wiener, an openly gay supervisor, said he takes a daily pill of Truvada as a measure to prevent HIV contraction. The rates of HIV infections are much higher among gay populations. Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a practice with great results in the fight against HIV infection. The rate of success is around 99 … [Read more...]
Anti-HIV pill for High risk groups Recommended by CDC
In a bid to check the rise of deadly HIV/AIDS among the Americans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a set of guidelines that ask people, who are at high risk for contracting the AIDS causing Human Immunodeficiancy Virus (HIV), to take anti-HIV medicines that help in minimizing the transmission risk. According to the federal health body, the pre-exposure … [Read more...]