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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rachel Schraer

US approves breakthrough HIV jab – but aid cuts mean it may not get to millions in need

US medicines regulator the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a groundbreaking HIV prevention jab hailed as having the potential to quell the Aids pandemic.

But the moment has been overshadowed by the spectre of aid cuts, placing in doubt whether this breakthrough injection – lenacapavir – will get to the people who need it most.

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