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Bradenton Herald | 06/22/2006 | Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27
Bradenton Herald 06/22/2006 Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27: "
Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27
TIFFANY ST. MARTIN
Herald Staff Writer
In the first four months of this year, the number of new HIV cases in Manatee County stood at 18 - double what it was last year over the same time period.
And as for full-blown AIDS, one in every 279 county residents has the affliction, according to the latest figures from the county health department.
Richard Trifari, a community health educator at the Michael Bach Health Center, hopes numbers like that will make community members wake up and smell the statistics."
Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27
TIFFANY ST. MARTIN
Herald Staff Writer
In the first four months of this year, the number of new HIV cases in Manatee County stood at 18 - double what it was last year over the same time period.
And as for full-blown AIDS, one in every 279 county residents has the affliction, according to the latest figures from the county health department.
Richard Trifari, a community health educator at the Michael Bach Health Center, hopes numbers like that will make community members wake up and smell the statistics."
:: posted by R. W. Graf, 4:39 AM
