Current drug therapies mean it’s possible to live a normal life span with HIV, but that’s expensive and not a long term solution. What we really need is an HIV vaccine and a cure. So, how close are we? Why Can’t All Gay Men Donate Blood? - https://youtu.be/xMoYFkjxFD8 Read More: HIV's 'Patient Zero' Wrongly Blamed for AIDS Epidemic https://www.seeker.com/hivs-patient-zero-wrongly-blamed-for-aids-epidemic-2066088202.html “A labeling error and reckless media hype in the 1980s led to unjustly branding a gay airline employee as "Patient Zero" in the US AIDS epidemic, scientific and historical sleuthing detailed Wednesday.” America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/magazine/americas-hidden-hiv-epidemic.html “Thanks to the success of lifesaving antiretroviral medication pioneered 20 years ago and years of research and education, most H.I.V.-positive people today can lead long, healthy lives..” How Cow Antibodies Are Helping Scientists Develop an HIV Vaccine https://www.seeker.com/health/medicine/how-the-immune-response-of-cows-is-helping-scientists-develop-an-hiv-vaccine “Researchers have long sought to develop an effective HIV vaccine. Several treatments have undergone clinical trials, but the only one that’s been even slightly successful, a 2009 study in Thailand, lowered HIV infection rates by only 30 percent.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/