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H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, scientists reported on Tuesday. The news comes nearly 12 years to the day after the first patient known to be cured, a feat that researchers have long tried, and failed, to duplicate. The surprise success now confirms that a cure for H.I.V. infection is possible, if difficult, researchers said. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html