Baby Cured Of HIV

American VoicesOpinion ISSUE 49•10 Mar 4, 2013

After being placed on antiretroviral medications beginning 30 hours after its birth, a child born HIV positive was found to be completely free of the disease two and a half years later, offering hope for a potential cure for the roughly 330,000 infants born with the infection each year.

  • “Babies really seem to bounce back from things.”

    Chantal Anderson –
    Copyright Expert

  • “That’s great! Now I can stop telling my baby that if he gets HIV he’s a goner.”

    Cole Peet –
    Racket Stringer

  • “Infants these days have it too easy.”

    Angelo Pileggi –
    Systems Analyst

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