Rare Case of HIV Contraction on PrEP Reported in King County

There have been just four cases of PrEP failure noted in the medical literature out of the hundreds of thousands of people taking the drugby Katie Herzog Getty Images
King County Public Health reports that a local man taking Truvada, the pre-exposure prophylaxis (also known as PrEP) that prevents the contraction of HIV, has tested positive for the disease.Contracting HIV while correctly taking PrEP is extremely rare, according to Public Health, which says that there have been just four cases of