HIV campaigners have won a High Court battle to say that the NHS can fund a “game-changing” pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) drug that can prevent HIV.
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NHS can fund “game-changing” HIV pre-exposure drug
Politics
Anti-UKIP protesters chase Nigel Farage out of local pub
Nigel Farage was chased out of a pub by protesters, in what some witnesses described as “harassment”.
Science
New study suggests HIV seeds early as virus returns in ‘cured’ baby
The “Mississippi baby” – a child who generated a great deal of excitement last year after being seemingly cured of HIV – now has detectable levels of HIV in the blood, according to doctors and health officials.
Science
Second HIV-positive baby may have been cured in US
A nine-month-old baby from California that was born with the HIV virus, may have been cured of the disease as a result of doctors administering anti-retroviral drugs during the first hours of its life.
Film & TV
Porn industry to shut down over HIV fears for third time this year
The porn industry in the US is to shut down for the third time this year over fears about HIV after another performer tested positive for the disease this week.