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UN Lowers Estimate of AIDS Cases Worldwide

HeadlineNov 20, 2007

In health news, the United Nations has announced it has been overestimating the number of people infected by the AIDS virus and that the number of new infections peaked in 1998. Last year the UN said 40 million people had been infected. But now UN officials say the total is actually 33 million.

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