How Scientists Developed a Drug to Prevent HIV

Season 49 Episode 11

About the Episode

Here's how scientists developed a once-a-day pill that reduced the risk of sexually transmitted HIV transmission by 99%, a breakthrough that transformed the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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