A LANDMARK study across four continents has shown that a daily dose of an oral antiretroviral drug reduced the number of HIV infections among sexually active gay men by 44 per cent, researchers said on Tuesday.Even higher rates of success toward preventing the virus that causes Aids were shown among those who faithfully took the drug, said the study in the November 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The findings were hailed by US President Barack Obama as well as leading Aids experts as promising, even though a measure of caution remained over the limited scope of the study and the need for more methods of prevention. (keep reading)
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The $5,000 to $11,000 per year price tag for taking the drug might be a slight impediment to wide use.
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