1990

Less AIDS Among Native Americans
Reuters NewMedia, Inc.; November 5, 1990
Anchorage - Early results from a national study shows that Native Americans, including Alaska natives, suffer less from the AIDS epidemic than other ethnic Americans, a Centers for Disease Control official said Friday. Among the nation s 1.8 million Indians and Alaska Natives, 157 AIDS cases were reported as of Dec. 31


Millions of Children Put at AIDS Risk-- Health: WHO estimates that up to 10 million youngsters will be infected by the year 2000.
Reuters NewMedia, Inc. Reston Town Center, 1750 Presidents Street, Suite 250, Reston, VA 22090 - Tuesday, 25 September 1990.
GENEVA - AIDS has started striking many more children than previously thought, in what the World Health Organization described today as a tragic new stage in the epidemic. Releasing figures on AIDS in children for the first time, WHO said the HIV virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome will probably infec


Prison Guard Says He Got AIDS Virus After Attack
Reuters NewMedia, Inc. Reston Town Center, 1750 Presidents Street, Suite 250, Reston, VA 22090 - Saturday, September 1, 1990
SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian prison guard said Friday he tested positive for AIDS after a prisoner stabbed him with a syringe containing blood infected with the virus. Geoffrey Pearce, 21, said he was attacked by a prisoner, who was known to be HIV positive, in Sydney s high-security Long Bay jail July 22 as he op



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