Enid Vázquez

Snapshots from around the world tell the story of ‘A Day with HIV’

A cabotegravir PrEP implant that could last a year A team of researchers presented continuing progress with an implant that can protect HIV-negative people against the virus for an entire year. They reported on the development of an in-situ forming implant (ISFI). It’s still early days, with research in mice, but it’s good news about future options for HIV prevention.

CDC strongly recommends Yeztugo for PrEP The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends Yeztugo for HIV prevention as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). “On the basis of a high certainty of evidence for its efficacy and safety derived from the agency's analysis, CDC strongly recommends [Yeztugo]…,” the agency reported in its September 18 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).