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AIDS drug to protect fetus is safe for infected mothers, study finds
Women can take the anti-AIDS drug nevirapine to protect their unborn children without endangering their ability to undergo life-saving antiretroviral treatment later on, a new study has found.
Scientists Urge More Study On a Rare Strain of H.I.V.
On the day following the announcement that a rare strain of the AIDS virus was found in a New York City man, scientists said much work needed to be done to assess just how dangerous the virus is.
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