A generation born with HIV/AIDS defies the odds

Babies who were born with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s have defied initial expectations. No one expected them to live long.

Since the mid-1990s in developed countries, antiretroviral drugs have largely prevented mothers from transmitting HIV/AIDS to their babies.

Nearly 30 young adults and teenagers who were born with HIV/AIDS meet every week at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. “We don’t want to talk about HIV every day,” said Eric Koumbou, 19. “If you talk about HIV and you don’t have it and I do, sometimes it makes me angry or makes me sad.”

For the complete article, please see http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/22/hiv.children.generation/index.html?eref=ib_topstories.

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  1. Mike says:
    June 30, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Cool post, just subscribed.

  2. hiv_test says:
    June 26, 2009 at 8:53 am

    Michael,
    I was not planning on blogging about Michael Jackson’s death. Although unfortunate, this hasn’t the slightest to do with HIV. I will, however, give you a few links, in case you wanted to read up on the subject.
    http://www.hiphoprx.com/2009/06/25/rip-michael-jackson-dies-at-50-new-details-emerge/
    http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE55O6AK20090626
    http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1614771/20090626/jackson_michael.jhtml

    Best,
    SK

  3. Michael says:
    June 26, 2009 at 6:31 am

    Hey, have you seen this news article?
    New details about Michael Jackson’s Death Emerge
    I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…

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