Larry Buhl
journalist
journalist
I am an independent multimedia journalist with more than 15 years of experience reporting on HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. I have also reported on public policy, environment and energy.
Through my reporting and listening to young sexually active LGBTQ people, I learned there would still be big hurdles to obtaining preventive medication at a pharmacy.
This article was produced as a larger project by Larry Buhl for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2019 Data Fellowship.
His first part of this series :
New Law Aims to Expand Access to HIV Prevention — But Will It?
Will Pharmacist Resistance Hamper Law to Expand Access to HIV Preventi
Pre-exposure prophylaxis can save lives, but patients seeking the medications face numerous obstacles.
Social and bureaucratic hurdles have caused unnecessary delays in obtaining what can be a lifesaving antiretroviral medication.
Only a small percentage of Americans who could benefit from the PrEP pill are using it, despite its effectiveness.