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Healthy people of all ages can get AIDS, the terrifying plague that has spread around the world. In some places it is now the number one health problem for younger adults. Perhaps you know someone who has AIDS.

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a condition in which a virus damages the body’s immune system, rendering it helpless against infection.

Just how widespread is AIDS now? How did that happen? Is AIDS preventable?