AIDS Vaccine Still Years Away

"Despite minor progress toward developing an AIDS vaccine over the past few years, efforts still fall short of what is needed to develop an effective preventive vaccine, researchers said here Monday. At a press briefing during the XV International AIDS Conference here, Seth Berkley, president and chief executive officer of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), said, “Only a vaccine can end the epidemic. Yet vaccines were not even mentioned in the opening session.”

I'm very suspicious at a headline story in a local newspaper in India which claimed that a microbiologist in India's premier medical institute - the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi has invented a vaccine which is about to be available commercially! I can't imagine why such newspapers consult with some expert before publishing such stories.