AIDS treatment prevents infection

In the long list of reasons why universal access to AIDS drugs is a critical goal, it appears that taking medications designed to fight HIV actually prevents uninfected individuals from contracting the virus, according to this AP story. The drug in the study happens to be one that SGAC is fighting to make affordable and available, Gilead's Truvada. From the article, we also find that the at-cost price for Truvada is reportedly 87 cents.