Life and Death in the Fast Lane--A New AIDS Crisis

http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/mohler/?adate=2/25/2005#1314987

[Crosswalk.com] February 25, 2005--The word out of New York City is truly ominous--a new and potentially more aggressive form of the H.I.V. virus has been reported by medical authorities. In the report issued just this month, New York City health officials revealed that they had identified what appears to be a new strain of H.I.V. in a single individual whose case, according to The New York Times, was "particularly worrisome because it merged two unusual features: resistance to nearly all anti-retroviral drugs used to treat the infection, and stunningly swift progression from infection to full-fledged AIDS." As the officials warned, this new combination could represent a new front in the war against AIDS and a new challenge to medical authorities.