Laurie Edmiston: Improved testing could eliminate new HIV infections

Earlier this year I witnessed a profound historic moment at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. Dr. Alison Rodger, a leading HIV researcher in the U.K., presented the final results from a study of couples with one HIV-positive and one HIV-negative partner. After eight years of the study, she reported, there were zero cases of HIV transmission from one partner to the other thanks to the prevention benefits of modern HIV medications.
The evidence has been mounting for years. Several la