Hyman Scott

Jun 21, 2023 | nature.com | Raphael J Landovitz |Hyman Scott |Steven Deeks

Authors and AffiliationsCenter for Clinical AIDS Research and Education, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USARaphael J. LandovitzBridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA, USAHyman ScottDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAHyman Scott & Steven G. DeeksContributionsS.G.D. researched data for the article.

Feb 16, 2023 | sfaf.org | Hyman Scott

In late 2022, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and San Francisco AIDS Foundation began recommending an STI prevention strategy called “Doxy PEP” to certain groups of people who may be at risk for STIs. The strategy involves taking the antibiotic doxycycline after sex in order to prevent bacterial STIs including chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea from being acquired.