Texas A&M University Health Science Center: Why Some Primary Care Providers are More Likely to Prescribe HIV Prevention Medicine to Adolescents
June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news:
Adolescents and young adults are one of the demographic groups most affected by HIV. In 2019, 21 percent of new HIV infections were among people between the ages of 13 and 24. However, despite these disproportionate figures, use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection in this age cohort is extremely low.
A new study published in the . . .
Adolescents and young adults are one of the demographic groups most affected by HIV. In 2019, 21 percent of new HIV infections were among people between the ages of 13 and 24. However, despite these disproportionate figures, use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection in this age cohort is extremely low.
A new study published in the . . .