Carol Pearson WASHINGTON— An HIV prevention specialist tells a young man in New York: "The test is very simple... there is no blood involved." She hands him a testing swab that he slides along his gums. In 20 minutes, he will know if he has HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. More than 35 million people around the world are infected with HIV, a disease that is both preventable and treatable. Medical science has come a long way since the days when being HIV positive was an automatic death sentence. Today, if those who have HIV take antiretroviral drugs, the amount of virus in their blood can be so small that it's impossible to infect others. New pill can prevent infection In...
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