This drug is the 'breakthrough of the year' -- and it could mean the end of the HIV epidemic

Science, which described it as representing "a pivotal step toward diminishing HIV/AIDS as a global health crisis."'/>

That's the title that Science magazine is bestowing upon the medication called lenacapavir — a twice yearly injectable that prevents infection by the HIV virus.

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