ABOUT 14,000 people will contract HIV today. And tomorrow and the day after that, and every day for the foreseeable future. That’s 5 million by the end of the year, most of whom will be dead within a decade.
Figures like these bring home the devastating impact of AIDS and the urgent need for a cheap, effective vaccine. At a stroke, a vaccine could stop the tide of infection and stem the need for more, costly treatments. It could even help people who already have the virus stay healthy.
Back in 1990, drugs companies and researchers confidently predicted we’d…
