Wednesday, December 4, 2019

For HIV-Positive Babies, New Evidence Favors Starting Drug Treatment Just After Birth

Babies in their cribs at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice for orphaned children with HIV in Gauteng, South Africa.

Doctors used to worry that antiretroviral drugs were too powerful for HIV-positive newborns. More evidence is emerging that, in fact, early treatment can be safe and effective.

(Image credit: Andrew Aitchison/Pictures Ltd./Corbis/Getty Images)



* This article was originally published here

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