Promising HIV Prevention Method Has 100% Success Rate

The best way to prevent aids among teenage women in Africa is an ounce of prevention rather than a pound of cure, a new study is finding. The method to prevent the spreading of the AIDS epidemic in Africa by having people take an "chemical condom" pill every day is reported to have achieved nearly a 100% success rate.

The “chemical condom” is highly successful in early testing

A method of providing generally poor African females a pill to fight the HIV virus before they contract the disease is proving successful. The technique known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is...