In the fall of 2013, The New England Journal of Medicine reported on a certain 'Mississippi Baby' whose case was thought of as a landmark event in medical history. The conclusions made about her were reversed in July 2014. She was in the news for what reason?
Mississippi baby Mississippi baby The Mississippi baby (born 2010) is a Mississippi girl who in 2013 was thought to have been cured of HIV. She had contracted HIV at birth from her HIV-positive mother. Thirty hours after the baby was born, she was treated with intense antiretroviral therapy. When the baby was about 18 months old, the mother did not bring the child in for scheduled examinations for the next five months. When the mother returned with the child, doctors expected to find high levels of HIV, but instead the HIV levels were undetectable. The Mississippi baby was thought to be the
The New England Journal of Medicine depicts the Rod of Asclepius crossed over a quill pen. The dates on the logo represent the founding of the components of the "New England Journal of Medicine": 1812 for the "New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and Collateral Branches of Medical Science", 1823 for the "Boston Medical Intelligencer", 1828 for the "Boston Medical and Surgical Journal", and 1928 for the "New England Journal of Medicine". Notable articles from the course of the "New England Journal of Medicine's" history include: On April 25, 1996, "NEJM" announced their new website, which published each week the abstracts for research articles and