Top of the Morning: Another Huge Scientific Breakthrough on AIDS

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Second Baby Cured of HIV

A clinical trial to test this procedure is set to being. “When scientists made the stunning announcement last year that a baby born with H.I.V. had apparently been cured through aggressive drug treatment just 30 hours after birth, there was immediate skepticism that the child had ever been infected in the first place. But on Wednesday the existence of a second such baby was revealed at an AIDS conference here, leaving little doubt that the treatment had worked. A leading researcher said there might be five more such cases in Canada and three in South Africa.” (NYT http://nyti.ms/1f9B9xT)

Survey of Rape in Europe Reveals Startling Statistic

The survey is released in time for International Women’s Day. “A survey of 42,000 women across the European Union suggests that about one in 10 have been the victims of sexual violence, and half of them reported being raped. Described as the largest of its kind, the survey released Wednesday by the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights is the most ambitious effort yet to gauge the extent of sexual violence and harassment experienced by the 187 million women in the bloc’s 28 nations.”(AP http://yhoo.it/1f9BujY)