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Last year was disaster for an HIV vaccine trial. This year? A new way forward

A cutting edge pan-African HIV vaccine trial lost funding last year when the Trump administration shut down much of foreign aid. The setback was devastating but the researchers refused to give up.

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Ari Daniel is a reporter for NPR's Science desk where he covers global health and development.