https://www.okwassup.com/new-drug-may-prevent-hiv/ News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more! Wed, 27 May 2015 07:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.okwassup.com/new-drug-may-prevent-hiv/#comment-2193 Mon, 14 May 2012 17:48:42 +0000 http://okwassup.com/2012/05/14/new-drug-may-prevent-hiv/#comment-2193 Simply put, THIS is wonderful news!!!I first read about Truvada about 1 yr ago while doing research to better educate myself about HIV and AIDS. My interest was prompted by the disclosure of a dear friend of mine that she had been diagnosed as HIV+ several years ago but had held off sharing that info with me for fear of rejection.A few years ago it was revealed to me that a very dear cousin (a male) had been diagnosed as HIV+. He too had chose NOT to tell me fearing rejection. I can't even begin to guess as to how many people out there are living with the *secret* fearing rejection from family members and close friends…smh. What an awful burden to carry.    Anyway, I was under the impression that approval of the drug wouldn't happen until about mid 2013.As someone who is very aware of the impact HIV and AIDS can have on a person's life, I couldn't be happier hearing about this major achievment. 

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