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In the United States, federal guidelines updated in 2021 now recommend healthcare providers discuss and provide information on the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention for all sexually active adults and adolescents. [2]
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent. Vaccination is the most commonly used form of pre-exposure prophylaxis ; other forms of pre-exposure prophylaxis generally involve drug treatment, known as chemoprophylaxis .
The Center for Prevention Services was formed in 1980 as one of the original five CDC centers, at the same time CDC's name changed from the singular "Center for Disease Control" to plural "Centers for Disease Control". [2] The Center for Prevention Services became the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention in 1996. [3]
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The recommendations were replaced with an updated guideline in 2016. [17] Occupational exposures include needlestick injury of health care professionals from an HIV-infected source. In 2012, the US DHHS included guidelines on occupational PEP (oPEP) use for individuals with HIV exposures occurring in health care settings. [18]
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The last time the agency changed its COVID-19 isolation recommendations was in 2021, ... As reports of the new CDC guidelines first spread in ... 2024, and has been updated. Show comments.
ACIP statements are official federal recommendations for the use of vaccines and immune globulins in the U.S., and are published by the CDC. ACIP reports directly to the CDC director, although its management and support services are provided by CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. [1]