Misleading HIV prevention ads are hitting Facebook

More than 50 public health organizations and advocacy groups have sent an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling for the removal of ads they say promote misinformation about the HIV prevention medication Truvada.

The ads were placed by law firms, targeting LGBTQ social media users to join a class-action lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, makers of the drug.

I spoke w/Dr. Hyman Scott, MPH, the clinical research medical director at Bridge HIV, and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCSF, Drs. Kristin Englund and Alan Taege, of Cleveland Clinic, and Adonis Timone, a member of ECHO (Engaging Communities around HIV Organizing), a council of youth activists who live with HIV, which was established by Advocates for Youth, about why this misinformation is dangerous and what you should know about PrEP and accurate HIV information. Check out my story for Healthline at the link here.

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