Dominican prostitutes test AIDS vaccine
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070218/ap_on_he_me/dominican_aids_vaccine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.ny44402180453.dominican_aids_vaccine_ny444.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ygjC.eVf4hUKgrBzCCZtUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sex workers gather at a night club in Juarana, north of Santo Domingo, Jan. 12, 2006. Some 175 Dominican prostitutes are among 3,000 people in eight countries testing an experimental Merck & Co. vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The women, who travel hours from the Dominican country side to be injected, do not know if they are receiving the experimental serum or a placebo.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Leaving her tin-roofed brothel for the day, the 42-year-old prostitute journeys to the capital for an injection that might save not only her life, but possibly millions more around the world.</p><br clear="all"/>