HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health
- Written by Brandon Nabors, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Public Health, University of Mississippi
Information about PrEP in the clinic can go only so far without community support.Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV prevention medication...