AIDS drugs given to pregnant women block 99 percent of HIV transmission to breastfed babies
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 08:01
in Health & Medicine
An international clinical trial led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that AIDS-fighting antiretroviral drug combinations given to pregnant and breastfeeding women in Botswana, Africa, prevented 99% of the mothers from transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to their infants...