Max Pemberton

We could end HIV

Truvada could reduce new HIV infections to zero – if the puritanical health establishment went for it

issue 07 November 2015

You have probably never heard of Truvada, but it is a pharmacological breakthrough that has the potential to consign Aids to the history books. The drug effectively makes its users immune to the HIV virus. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration approved Truvada for use over three years ago.

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