Study: Patients should start HIV drugs as early as possible

Name: Study: Patients should start HIV drugs as early as possible
Uploaded: 2015-05-28T23:20:45Z
Duration: P354S
Description: Federal health officials now say that individuals with HIV should start antiretroviral drugs as soon as they are diagnosed. That announcement was made after a large clinical trial was stopped because the evidence was so overwhelming. But how do you get those drugs to patients who need them around the world? Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

Clip: 05/28/2015 | 5m 54s

Federal health officials now say that individuals with HIV should start antiretroviral drugs as soon as they are diagnosed. That announcement was made after a large clinical trial was stopped because the evidence was so overwhelming. But how do you get those drugs to patients who need them around the world? Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

Aired: 05/28/15

Rating: NR

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Study: Patients should start HIV drugs as early as possible

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