US scientists have made an announcement that has amazed the world and become a major trending story online; a two and a half-year old baby girl from Mississippi born with HIV has apparently been ‘cured’ after very early treatment using standard drug therapy. 30 years since HIV was first discovered, this is a potentially ground-breaking case that could offer major insights into how to eradicate HIV infection in its youngest victims. The baby girl has not received drug treatment for about a year yet amazingly has shown no new signs of infection.