Editors' picks from other sources

Nigel Farage and Steven Woolfe at odds over Ukip's stance on terminally ill immigrants

 from Huffington Post

Nigel Farage set out Ukip's "common sense" stance towards immigrants in an interview on Wednesday, saying: "We want people who haven't got a life threatening illness." Hours later, he restated his position in his keynote speech on the party's immigration policy, echoing his position last year to stop immigrants with HIV coming to Britain. However, Ukip MEP Steven Woolfe, who has previously said that he was interested in succeeding Farage as leader, insisted that the party would not "turn away" people with life-threatening illnesses like cancer.

Gilead's Harvoni gains NICE yes – but won't face funding delay

 from PM Live

Gilead's next generation hepatitis C pill Harvoni is set to be backed by NICE – and this time NHS England won't be delaying its funding as it has done with the firm's other hep C drug Sovaldi.

Two strains of HIV cut vastly different paths

 from New York Times

It’s now clear, researchers say, that HIV originated in humans on 13 separate occasions, evolving in humans from ancestral viruses that infected monkeys, chimpanzees and gorillas.

Are women PrePared?

 from Speaking Up! (blog)

Can PrEP just be provided to men who have sex with men in the UK? What about others? What about other vulnerable populations, such as black women and migrants? What about trans women? All the data we have here in the UK is about men who have sex with men, and this worries me.

HIV treatment finally has a game-changer, and it’s called Truvada

 from The Guardian

The widely reported Proud study shows just how effective pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can be at preventing HIV transmission. PrEP is, quite simply, a game-changer and represents a wake-up call for the government, NHS England and local authorities to make PrEP a key component in our strategy to defeat HIV.