Mississippi Baby Born With HIV 'Functionally Cured,' Doctors Say
A Mississippi baby born with HIV more than two years ago appears
to be the first documented case of a child's being cured of the
virus, according to doctors and scientists. The unidentified
child has now been "functionally cured" and has been off
medication for about a year with no signs of the HIV infection.
If the child remains healthy, it would mark only the second time
in the world's history that a person has been cured of HIV,
which is the virus that causes AIDS. The landmark case
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