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Half of Black gay men will be diagnosed with HIV, despite highly effective preventive treatments − why?

  • Written by Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo, Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Iowa
imageStigma and prejudice make it difficult for Black gay men to access PrEP.Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision via Getty Images

At a pharmacy in Iowa, a 42-year-old Black gay man couldn’t find a medication he needed. The pharmacist, a white woman, told him they didn’t stock that medication. But while he waited to pay for his other purchases, he...

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