by Callen | May 7, 2020 | COVID19, News
COVID-19 Information for Persons Living with HIV in Iowa from MATEC (Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center) The purpose of this resource is to answer questions about your health care and how to take care of your health. This is a rapidly evolving situation....
by staff writer | May 4, 2020 | Care & Prevention, News
How To Get PrEP at The Project Updated May 4, 2020 What is PrEP? If you are unfamiliar with PrEP, it stands for “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis,” which is a fancy way of saying that the medicine is used to prevents HIV by protecting you before you are exposed to...
by staff writer | May 4, 2020 | Care & Prevention, News
¿Qué es el PrEP? Si no sabes mucho de el PrEP, esa palabra quiere decir “Profilaxis de prexposición”, que es una manera elegante de decir que el medicamento se usa para prevenir el VIH al protegerte antes de exponerte a él. Ahora hay dos medicamentos disponibles para...
by staff writer | Apr 6, 2020 | Care & Prevention, News
Rapid Start PrEP Last month, the Prevention and Clinical teams at the Project launched “Rapid Start PrEP,” an easy way to start your journey to preventing HIV. PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a medication treatment that when taken as directed can...
by staff writer | Apr 6, 2020 | News
(Need to schedule a test? Make an appointment online or call (515) 248-1595) Three common STDs—chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis—are surging across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Young people are especially...
by staff writer | Mar 10, 2020 | Care & Prevention, News
Twenty-three percent of people living with HIV are women. They are a minority when it comes to populations impacted by HIV, and experience of living with HIV as a woman can be isolating. “I never worried about HIV because I was heterosexual, female, had a white-collar...