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Truvada for HIV Prevention: Pros, Cons of Popping a Pill

AIDS advocates say a pill proven to protect against the HIV virus could promote unsafe sex by creating a false sense of security. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to discuss whether Truvada, a drug already approved to manage HIV, should be approved to prevent the infection in high-risk patients, including men who have sex with other men, and heterosexuals with HIV-positive partners. But advocacy groups argue the drug would encourage risky behavior and undo decades of...Full Story
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