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September 14, 2006

HIV Rates Up in Gay Teens

September 14, 2006—New HIV infections among gay teenagers in the United Kingdom may have doubled since 2005, according to a British website.  In a 2005 survey of Brit gay teens, half of the respondents said regularly had unprotected sex. 

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