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AIDS prevention plan stirs criticism

A controversial new national strategy to prevent AIDS is being rolled out in communities across the United States, prompting intense re-evaluation of government efforts to contain the epidemic. The strategy essentially shifts the focus of federally financed prevention from its previous target - minorities, gays and drug users who don't have the AIDS virus but are at high risk of becoming infected - to people who already have the virus and might transmit it to others. [ more]