After years of campaigning, two rounds of legal action, a three-year trial and a storm of hostile newspaper coverage, the drug that prevents HIV is finally going to be made fully available to those who need it across England, BuzzFeed News can reveal.
The Department of Health is due to announce that PrEP – a pill that blocks the virus from taking hold when someone has been exposed to it – will later this year be given to all those most at risk of becoming HIV-positive.