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May 02, 2005

Kids on HIV Drugs After Being Stuck with Needle

Nineteen elementary schoolchildren in Philadelphia who were pricked with a diabetes-testing needle are taking drugs to fight HIV after one of the children tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. (Halifax Live)

Posted by news editor | Filed under: HIV/AIDS


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