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Anchor lead: People who are HIV infected should begin treatment immediately, Elizabeth Tracey reports Treatment for HIV infection is effective, but when to initiate therapy, which is then lifelong, has been a topic of controversy. No more, with the Centers …
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Anchor lead: People who are on medicines to prevent HIV infection don’t engage in more risky behavior, Elizabeth Tracey reports When people are given medicines to prevent HIV infection, known as PrEP, they don’t take more risks than they did …
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Anchor lead: Can HIV really be eliminated after someone is infected? Elizabeth Tracey reports HIV infection returned recently in an infant thought to be cured of the virus. Joseph Cofrancesco, Jr, an HIV expert at Johns Hopkins, describes the situation. …
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ANCHOR LEAD: CAN WE STOP HIV TRANSMISSION RIGHT NOW? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Pre-exposure prophylaxis, combination medications, routine testing- all of these strategies and more are designed to stop HIV transmission, and have resulted in some experts asserting that right now, …
