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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. Buckle up for the latest science on HIV prevention and the ongoing hunt for a vaccine.

Also watch NOVA “Ending HIV in America.”
https://www.pbs.org/video/ending-hiv-...

Premieres Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 9pm ET/8C on PBS. The film will also be available for streaming at pbs.org/nova and via the PBS Video app.

🩺🥼 Vitals is a series that’s taking a new approach to health and medicine. Hosts Alok Patel, MD, and Sheena Williams RN are going beyond the headlines to answer your questions on the latest health topics. No judgment, no taboos. Just 100% science-based information.

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Find our experts and hosts:

:: Alok Patel, MD ::
Website: http://alokpatelmd.com/
Twitter: @AlokPatelMD
Instagram: @alokpatelmd

:: Sheena William, RN ::
Twitter: @Keepingitkinky1
Instagram: @keepingitkinky

:: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine ::
Twitter: @UMiamiMedicine
Instagram: @UMiamiMedicine

:: University of Alabama at Birmingham 1917 Clinic ::
Twitter: @UMiamiMedicine

A History of HIV Vaccine Research: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-co....

What Is “Undetectable = Untransmissible”: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-co...

PrEP Basics: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prep.html

More on HIV's remarkable mutation rate:
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology...

HIV Data By State (including PrEP usage): https://aidsvu.org/local-data/united-...

Detailed data on HIV case incidence and HIV-related deaths was provided to the Global Health Reporting Center (the producer of "Vitals") by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most of this data can be found through CDC.gov and HIV.gov.
https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overvi...
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...

00:00 Intro
01:22 Vaccine Challenges
04:29 Treatment & Prevention
07:16 PrEP Uptake
10:57 mRNA Vaccine & Other Solutions