AIDS and Testing

Twenty years ago, the woman who had recently tested positive for HIV would have had little support and probably been dead within a matter of months. In fact, since there were no tests available at the time, she would have been dead of one of the many opportunistic diseases before it had been realized by health officials that she was not only HIV positive, but had become sick enough to be classified as having AIDS (SF Gate, 2001). As AIDS turns 20 years old, it may be noted that there are many educational, social, and medical resources available for those who are HIV positive. Educational resources are available online, in schools, on college campuses, hospital campuses, in clinics like the Long Beach Comprehensive Health Center, and of course at places like the AI

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