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There’s a Morning-After HIV Pill That Many People Don’t Know About
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Over at New York Magazine, Tim Murphy recounts a recent action by ACT UP outside of a city hospital for the confusion surrounding a pill that could dramatically reduce the rate of HIV infection after exposure. 

Well, what is PEP? Short for “post-exposure prophylaxis,” it is the practice of starting a month-long course of HIV meds within 72 hours of possible exposure to the virus to prevent permanent infection. In 2005, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued evidence of PEP’s effectiveness plus guidelines for PEP usage, and the New York State health department did the same in 2008 - and again as recently as this year - for ERs throughout the state, requiring them to administer PEP to medically qualified patients who request it.

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But perhaps a bigger question is: Eight years into the CDC putting its stamp of approval on PEP as a measure to block HIV infection, why do so few people — especially gay men, who continue to make up the city’s highest rate of HIV infections — know what it is or where to get it? Especially in a city that ranks with L.A. and Miami as having the highest HIV rates in the country. Not to mention a city whose health department obviously cares about preventing HIV and has put considerable money and effort into widely distributing its ownbranded condoms.
 
A 2011 study done in gay bathhouses found that, while 63 percent of the men reported unprotected sex in the past 90 days, only 36 percent knew about PEP or PrEP (which is the practice of taking an HIV med all the time in order to block HIV infection, a bit like the Pill; the FDA approved a drug for PrEP last year).

Murphy also points out that the bathhouse study comes at a time when HIV rates have risen 22 percent among young gay and bisexual men of color, even though rates nationally have leveled out.

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Good info, plus one of the commenters points out why calling PEP a “morning-after pill” is sort of misleading.

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entertainmentweekly: “ J.K. Rowling is writing a new movie set in the wizarding world. REPEAT: J.K. ROWLING IS WRITING A NEW MOVIE SET IN THE WIZARDING WORLD!! “ “Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was...
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J.K. Rowling is writing a new movie set in the wizarding world.

REPEAT: J.K. ROWLING IS WRITING A NEW MOVIE SET IN THE WIZARDING WORLD!!

“Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world,” said Rowling, in a statement.  “The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry’s gets underway.”

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I was just emailing Ash and it reminded me that I wanted to recommend The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls. It’s set during the Great Depression in Florida and North Carolina, and there’s all sorts of family secrets and intrigue and what not. It’s set at an all-girls boarding school, which I know appeals to a lot of you. It’s a really quick read, too.

I’m starting Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings tonight because hey, might as well stick with my camp theme.

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plannedparenthood: “ “ If you don’t hear much these days about the stereotypical gold digger who lies about being on the pill to ensnare a man into marriage or eighteen years of child support payments, that may be because doctors are now being told...
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If you don’t hear much these days about the stereotypical gold digger who lies about being on the pill to ensnare a man into marriage or eighteen years of child support payments, that may be because doctors are now being told to look for just the opposite: The woman whose partner sabotages her birth control. She’s not so hard to find.

via The Cut

nonnegative

GREAT article. And I love that it’s on The Cut because then it will reach an audience of people who normally wouldn’t see this sort of thing.

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