Second US baby is HIV-free after early treatment (via AFP)

A baby treated for HIV within hours of birth is free of the virus nearly a year later, in the second case that has raised hopes about early treatment, doctors said. The approach mirrored that taken for a Mississippi baby, who has been off treatment…

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