Pills prevent HIV in straight men and women

 ATLANTA: Two new studies found that daily pills prevented infection with the AIDS virus in heterosexual men and women in Africa, bringing new hope for someday offering a medical shield against HIV infection.

• ”This is good news. This is a good day for HIV prevention,” said Dr. Lynn Paxton of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who has coordinated the agency’s research into HIV prevention. 
• Earlier this year, another study found the same pills did not prevent the AIDS virus among women in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. But researchers now say that study may have been flawed based on the success of the two studies announced Wednesday. 
• The study found 13 HIV infections among those on Truvada, 18 in those on Viread, and 47 of those on dummy pills. So the medications reduced the risk of HIV infection by 62 percent to 73 percent, the researchers said.

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