By Ethan Covey
From 2014 through 2017, the awareness and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM) increased greatly in 20 urban areas, according to a CDC report.
While PrEP use increased in almost all demographic subgroups, it remains lower among black and Hispanic MSM (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68[27]:597-603).
The CDC epidemiologists collected data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance taken from 20 U.S. urban areas with a high prevalence of HIV,