Medicine: Battling a Deadly New Epidemic

Some experts feel AIDS will strike beyond the gay community

Six months ago, Jack's future seemed boundless. The son of a Midwestern minister, he was bright enough to have won a scholarship to an Ivy League school and to have graduated with a degree in Russian. A natural athlete, Jack had played both college football and basketball and, at 31, maintained his 6-ft. 2-in., 190-lb. frame in perfect trim. Possessed of a ringing baritone, he was poised for a career in opera. Then, early last year, the glands in his neck became swollen and...

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