Thirty years of AIDS: The makings of a crisis

Aging with AIDS
In this photo taken June 1, 2011, Randy Blach, left, speaks with Dr. Malcolm John at UCSF's 360: Positive Care Center in San Francisco. Even when AIDS still was almost always fatal, doctors predicted that premature aging would be a side effect for patients who lived long enough. As the population of long term AIDS survivors swells, by 2015, people over 50 are expected to make up a majority of U.S. residents infected with the HIV virus.
Associated Press/Jeff Chiu

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