04/10/2025
In 2021, teens and young adults made up 19% of all new HIV cases in the U.S, according to the CDC. While HIV is preventable in 2025, it's hard to stop HIV from being transmitted among young people because many don’t know much about it or how to protect themselves while enjoying a pleasurable s*x life. Some of the reasons for this:
- Not using condoms regularly. Condoms help protect against HIV and other infections.
- A lot of young people have other infections (STIs), which can make it easier to get or transmit HIV.
- Stigma, which prevents people from testing for HIV.
Until a vaccine that prevents HIV becomes available (which we're working on), we will continue our efforts to address HIV prevention with innovative methods, such as injectable PrEP.
