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An HIV prevention drug is available in Orange County. Why don't people know about it? - The Daily Tar Heel <br />http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2018/04/prep-0402[4/17/2018 11:56:18 AM] <br />people at high risk for HIV through sex or drug use. When taken consistently, PrEP has an over 90 percent <br />prevention rate for those at risk through sex and a 70 percent prevention rate for those at risk through <br />injecting drugs. <br />The pill is taken daily and loses efficacy when taken incorrectly. According to the CDC, no serious side <br />effects from PrEP have been reported. <br />UNC School of Medicine professor David Wohl said there are large geographic and ethnic disparities in <br />PrEP usage. <br />EDITORS PICKS <br />Vice Chancellor for StudentAffairs Winston Crisp talks <br />new mental health task force <br />Hispanic community holdsforum to inform residents <br />following recent ICE <br />detainments <br />No. 1 North Carolinawomen's tennis team sweeps <br />two weekend ACC matches <br />“It’s just a shame that despite PrEP being totally available, being covered by insurance or by manufacturer <br />support programs, (being) available at UNC Campus Health, that still a lot of people just don’t know about <br />it,” Wohl said. <br />Andrea Mulholland, a family nurse practitioner at the Orange County Health Department, said the primary <br />people who visit the health department with questions about PrEP are 25-44 year-old gay men. She also <br />said they mostly see people who are uninsured or underinsured.