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HIV prevention
FDA Panel to Vote on Approval of First Drug to Prevent HIV
Recent studies suggest that drugs used for HIV treatment can also protect healthy people from infection. But can these medications really turn the tide of the AIDS epidemic?
Anti-HIV Drugs Help Prevent Infection in Heterosexuals
Two landmark studies confirm that a daily pill containing powerful drugs used to treat HIV infection can also help prevent new infection in healthy HIV-free people.
Early Treatment With Anti-HIV Drugs Stops Transmission Between Partners
Researchers report yet more tantalizing data that the antiretroviral drugs doctors currently use to treat HIV infection could also be effective in preventing transmission of the virus.
An Anti-HIV Gel Shows Some Promise for Prevention
A new study presented Monday at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston suggested the potential of an anti-HIV gel in protecting rectal tissue cells from infection with the virus that …