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Six-month drug regimen cuts HIV risk for breastfeeding infants, NIH study finds

March 5, 2011 | by National Institutes of Health | You and Your Health

Giving breastfeeding infants of HIV-infected mothers a daily dose of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine for six months halved the risk of HIV transmission to the infants at age 6 months compared with giving infants the drug daily for six weeks, according to preliminary clinical trial data presented today. continue reading »