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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 27 > If AIDS went the way of smallpox

If AIDS went the way of smallpox

Despite a promising and expensive study, a vaccine is not around the corner, and no expert will say it is. But it could mean the end of an age of fear across the globe.

By Donald G. McNeil Jr. / The Bulletin
September 27, 2009

What would an AIDS vaccine mean to the world?

In some ways, it would outshine a cure for the common cold. After all, even if the cold and its stealth wingman, pneumonia, kill more people, they don’t do it quite so grimly.

People with AIDS tend to die after years of suffering, often screaming....

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