HIV Campaigners Win Battle For Treatment

An Aids charity has won a High Court battle to ensure a "game-changing" preventative HIV treatment can be funded by the NHS. NHS England said it had received advice that it does not have the legal power to fund pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - a "highly effective" anti-retroviral drug used to stop HIV from becoming established in the event of transmission. Instead, it said the drug - which costs £400 per month for each patient - was the responsibility of local councils