Anti-AIDS Pill: Prevention at What Price?  Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010
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Prevention at What Price?  The blue pill can save your life.
The once-a-day pill that can cut HIV infection by as much as 70
percent among gay men who take it faithfully, according to a
U.S. government study, is a major public health accomplishment
that could save untold number of lives.  But as further research
is being planned among other groups – women, and intravenous
drug users, for example -- questions remain about how best to
use Truvada, a combination of antiretrovirals sold in a single
pill, that could help prevent the spread of AIDS worldwide.  NBC
chief science correspondent Robert Bazell explains the
significance of the trial.  Why is the study on Truvado being
called a major advance?  A report out from the U.N. today shows
that even though HIV infection rates are beginning to level off,
there are still more than 33 million people in the world with
AIDS. This is a horrible pla