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City Plans to Test Every Bronx Adult for HIV

Bid to tackle highest AIDS death rate in NY

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jun 26, 2008 3:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – City officials aim to test every Bronx adult for HIV by 2011 under an ambitious initiative to tackle the high rate of AIDS deaths in the borough, the New York Times reports. The voluntary testing would become routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics and... Read full story »

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