Everyone Diagnosed with HIV in San Francisco Will Start Treatment Immediately

A number of studies in recent years have indicated that people with HIV who are successfully medicated are no longer infectious. San Francisco has therefore adopted a new policy, which will offer treatment to everyone diagnosed with HIV.

“The infection rate among men who have sex with men could be lowered by more than 60 percent over the next eight years if everyone diagnosed with an HIV infection began taking antiviral drugs right away, instead of waiting for signs of a weakened immune system,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports.