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Study finds long-acting shot helps women avoid HIV infection

by Marilynn Marchione
| November 9, 2020 8:03 AM

Researchers are stopping a study early after finding that a shot of an experimental medicine every two months worked better than daily pills to help keep women from catching HIV from an infected sex partner.

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