The End of Condoms?

Doctors are quietly giving AIDS drugs to people who like unprotected sex. They say the pills can prevent HIV, and now some activists are scared—that it actually works.

Published Sep. 24 2009 6:44PM EDT

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Since the beginning, Dr. Marcus Conant has been at the frontlines of HIV treatment and prevention. In 1981, the San Francisco-based dermatologist was one of the first medical professionals to successfully identify the symptoms and syndromes eventually classified as AIDS, and he remains a pioneer in innovative HIV-prevention strategies to...

David Kaufman

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The End of Condoms?

Doctors are quietly giving AIDS drugs to people who like unprotected sex. They say the pills can prevent HIV, and now some activists are scared—that it actually works.

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David Kaufman