AIDS Fighting Drugs Could Prevent HIV

The Takeaway

Two new studies released on Wednesday show that taking a daily pill designed to fight AIDS can actually prevent an uninfected person from contracting HIV. Donald G. McNeil, Jr., science and health reporter for The New York Times, wrote about this potentially  monumental find in today’s paper, and has the latest on the story.  

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