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Why Don't We Have an HIV Vaccine?

Vitals goes behind the headlines to get the definitive answers to the health questions everyone is asking.

Why Don't We Have an HIV Vaccine?

Season 1 Episode 18 | 14m 7s | CC

After 40 years of trying, why don’t we have an HIV vaccine? Did you know that even without a vaccine, we have antiviral medication that is 99 percent effective at preventing HIV? So why isn’t that good enough? The U.S. and the world have a goal of ending HIV as a major health threat by the year 2030, but is that realistic? Lots of questions, and we’ve got some answers.

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