Three years ago, a young girl was born with HIV. The doctors who delivered the baby immediately injected her with antiretroviral drugs. Now, she shows no signs or no evidence of this disease, even after being off the medication for two years.

   This miracle of modern science was not just a single victory; a second baby has been successfully treated with this same disease.

   Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach, California delivered a baby girl last summer with a mother who suffered from HIV. The baby was injected with the three drugs only four hours after birth. In a little under two weeks, the baby had no signs of HIV.

   The baby is still on antiretroviral therapy, so the word “cured” may be premature.

   Doctors around the world are trying to duplicate the treatment, but some warn more testing must be done.

   “This has to be done in a clinical trial setting, because really the only way we can prove that we’ve accomplished remission in these cases is by taking them off treatment, and that’s not without risks,” Dr. Deborah Persaud a doctor who worked on both cases said.

   The Mississippi born baby was named in March 2013 as the first child to be functionally cured of HIV.

   Further developments will continue, and the child will continue to be on antiretroviral for some time. For now, it is a promising start.