Why Taking PrEP Should Be As Normal As Birth Control

More than 1 in 5 people diagnosed with HIV in 2024 already had AIDS, even though we have powerful tools to prevent and treat it. In honor of National PrEP Day (October 10), Chelsea talks with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis (former CDC and NYC Health Department) and Tristan Schukraft, founder and CEO of Mistr, about HIV prevention, PrEP access, and why stigma still keeps people from getting tested. They cover the PrEP gap for women, the shift from a daily pill to a twice-yearly injection, why an STI diagnosis should prompt a conversation about PrEP, how "undetectable equals untransmittable" could help end new infections, and what it would take to make testing routine.

You can follow Demetre @drdemetre and Tristan @tschukraft on Instagram, and you can learn more about Mistr at mistr.com.

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