The role of HIV drugs in combating the outbreak

The World

Some scientists think HIV treatments might be useful in battling COVID-19. Stephen Goff, a virologist and a professor of biochemistry at Columbia University Medical Center, tells host Marco Werman that the enthusiasm for these medications may be premature. 

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