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A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial

by yakito on 7/5/24, 1:29 PM with 4 comments

• by toomuchtodo on 7/5/24, 2:46 PM

  Related:

  Gilead Shot Prevents 100% of HIV Cases in Trial of African Women - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40742163 - June 2024 (412 comments)

• by jerojero on 7/5/24, 3:45 PM

  Like they say by the end of the piece. It's all about the pricing, it's not just having a drug that works but having one people can actually have access to.

  PrEP is really cheap, and it is covered by most healthcare programs around the world. But there's a lot of stigma surrounding it, and in my experience there's a lot of people that either don't know about it or think it's too much hassle.

  A shot every six months would be ideal, but it wouldn't be ideal if you gotta pay thousands of dollars a shot. We'll see how it goes.

• by cogman10 on 7/5/24, 2:42 PM

  Impressive results. PreP is already a major game changer, if you can move to a 6 month injection instead this could really help a lot of people.