Child Reportedly Cured Of HIV

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Science advances as some may think we are getting closer to finding a cure for HIV and AIDS.

A Mississippi child born with the HIV virus has reportedly been cured after showing no signs of infection even though treatment has been halted for more than a year.

Doctors gave reportedly gave the baby faster and stronger treatments, starting a three-drug infusion within 30 hours of birth. The treatment began even before tests confirmed the infant was infected and not just at risk from a mother whose HIV wasn’t diagnosed until she was in labor.

The immediate action is thought to have eliminated the HIV in the baby’s blood before forming hideouts in the body. Those so-called reservoirs of dormant cells usually rapidly reinfect anyone who stops medication.

Although there is no guarantee the child will remain healthy, this would be only the second reported cure for HIV.

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