WASHINGTON — The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions – although it’s unclear how many in the U.S. and abroad will get access to the powerful new option.

He affirmed that the new drug "could take the epidemic to the history books," according to Mother Jones.Yeztugo, based on the molecule lenacapavir, offers a more effective and less invasive prevention method,

Yeztugo, approved by the FDA, was highly effective in two randomized trials. It costs $28,218 per year, and people have to be HIV-negative to get it.