The Nation - News from May 29, 1987
The Defense Department, intent on ensuring an AIDS-free military, said it will launch an ambitious effort to find people who received blood from donors infected with the virus that causes AIDS in the last 10 years. Testing and counseling will be offered to recipients of infected blood, the Pentagon said. Called the “Look-back” program, the trace to 1977 will begin Monday. Officials were unable to estimate how many people may have been infected with tainted blood distributed through 125 military medical centers worldwide.
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