Some of the worst news possible
New cases of AIDS increase in nationEvolution of the virus, treatment trouble cited
(By Alice Dembner,
Globe Staff)
The number of Americans getting sick with AIDS increased last year for the first time in nearly a decade, federal officials said yesterday, marking a small but troubling reversal in the long national battle against the disease. Preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show new AIDS diagnoses rose 2.2 percent to 42,136, after dropping steadily from a peak of 80,010 in 1993.
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