Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured

ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, March 3: A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who´s now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. There´s no guarantee the child will remain healthy, although sophisticated testing uncovered just traces of the virus´ genetic...

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Dr Koirala breaks silence on sudden TUTH exit

KATHMANDU: After 108 days of taking charge of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital(TUTH), Dr Bhagwan Koirala has resigned from his post disillusioned over various external and internal pressures. On Friday, Dr Koirala had tendered his resignation from the position of Executive Director of TUTH and after three days of silence, he clarified the reasons on Monday that led him to walk out from the...

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No need of constitution: Yami

KATHMANDU, MAR 04 - At a time when the political parties have been working hard to make preparations for fresh election to the Constituent Assembly (CA), UCPN (Maoist) leader and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's wife Hisila Yami has remarked that there is no need for constitution . Speaking at a press meet organised at Balaju Baisdhara garden, leader Yami informed that Chief Secretary...

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