California to test HIV-prevention pill

Truvada, used to treat patients who are infected, will given to high-risk people who don't have the virus. At $26 a day, the pill only makes economic sense for those at greatest risk, a study found. California will test an HIV-prevention pill in an attempt to slow the spread of the disease in the state, researchers announced Tuesday.

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