Health

Truvada: Behind the controversial HIV drug

Critics say promoting Truvada as HIV preventive could lead to ‘a public health disaster’

Thirty years after the AIDS epidemic decimated the gay community, a cure remains elusive. But a new preventive application of the AIDS treatment drug Truvada is reportedly almost 99 percent effective in preventing HIV transmission. So why has it become so controversial? We speak to people on both sides of the issue, including well-known author and columnist Dan Savage.

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