Gift cards key to new AIDS prevention strategy

August 8, 2008 By MIKE STOBBE , AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- Could the AIDS virus be stopped with gift cards? Desperate for a way to stop the escalating spread of HIV among young gay men, public health officials are looking to novel strategies, such as enlisting local gay opinion leaders to urge their peers to practice safe sex.

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