Highly Effective HIV Drug to Be Offered at Low Cost to Poor Countries — VOA Learning English
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A yearly two-shot treatment shown to be highly effective in preventing HIV infections is to be offered at low cost to people in 120 poor nations.
Experts have called the treatment the closest the world has ever come to developing a vaccine against HIV. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It is an infection that destroys cells of a person’s immune system and makes it difficult for them to fight off diseases.
The HIV virus can progress to the related disease AIDS. The World Health Organization (WHO) explains that AIDS is a term used to describe “the most advanced stages of HIV infection.”
American-based drugmaker Gilead is the developer of the medication, called lenacapavir. The drug is…
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