San Francisco is set to make history in early 2012 when it begins offering gay men a controversial pre-exposure prophylaxis that has successfully prevented HIV transmission at high rates during clinical trials. Details follow. 

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has launched the No Magic Pills campaign (www.nomagicpills.org), a bold warning aimed at the makers of a successful HIV medication who are attempting to test and market their drug also as a preventative tool. But not everyone in the community can get behind AHF's campaign.