{"id":2552,"date":"2024-03-28T07:17:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T07:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2024-03-28T07:17:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T07:17:24","slug":"watch-many-americans-are-unaware-of-hiv-prevention-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2552","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Many Americans Are Unaware of HIV Prevention Medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/celine-gounder\/\"><strong>C\u00e9line Gounder<\/strong><\/a>\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"posted-on\" datetime=\"2024-03-20T05:00:00-04:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tMarch 20, 2024\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<label for=\"republish-content\" class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tArticle HTML\t\t\t\t<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<textarea id=\"republish-content\" class=\"form-control\" rows=\"5\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"byline\">C\u00e9line Gounder<\/span><\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, explained on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hiv-prevention-medication-prep-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-awareness\/\">CBS Mornings<\/a>\u201d why many at-risk Americans do not know about medication to prevent HIV infection through sexual contact or do not have access to it. <\/p>\n<p>Only one-third of people who could benefit from the medication, known as preexposure prophylaxis or PrEP, are prescribed it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. 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