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Saturday, June 03, 2006
AIDS' Next 25 Years May Be Worse for Africa
AIDS' Next 25 Years May Be Worse for Africa
By TERRY LEONARDThe Associated PressFriday, June 2, 2006; 3:35 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- It began innocuously, when a statistical anomaly pointed to a mysterious syndrome that attacked the immune systems of gay men in California. No one imagined 25 years ago that AIDS would become the deadliest epidemic in history.
Since June 5, 1981, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has killed more than 25 million people, infected 40 million others and left a legacy of unspeakable loss, hardship, fear and despair.
By TERRY LEONARDThe Associated PressFriday, June 2, 2006; 3:35 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- It began innocuously, when a statistical anomaly pointed to a mysterious syndrome that attacked the immune systems of gay men in California. No one imagined 25 years ago that AIDS would become the deadliest epidemic in history.
Since June 5, 1981, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has killed more than 25 million people, infected 40 million others and left a legacy of unspeakable loss, hardship, fear and despair.
:: posted by R. W. Graf, 3:42 AM
