People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change. The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations it had in place since the start of the HIV epidemic in the 1980s. It recognizes that routinely prescribed drugs can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV via breast milk to less than 1%, said Dr.
Pediatricians Reverse Decades-old Advice Against Hiv-positive Mothers Breastfeeding
JONEL ALECCIA / AP, Time
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 9:47am
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- U.S. pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding
Doctors now say that breastfeeding is an option for mothers who are HIV-positive, as long as they are routinely taking prescribed drugs to suppress the virus and chances of transmission from mother to ...
06/8/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link - U.S. pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding
But parents must breastfeed exclusively for the babies' first 6 months because research shows that switching between breast milk and formula can disrupt an infant's gut. People with HIV can ...
05/20/2024 - 1:09 pm | View Link - US pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding
Ci Ci Covin, 36, of Philadelphia, said she was diagnosed with HIV at age 20 and not permitted to breastfeed her first child, Zion, now 13. “I couldn't understand how come my sister that lives in ...
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People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp ...
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People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp ...
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