The Nation - News from April 17, 1988
AIDS cases reported among New York City’s intravenous drug users outnumbered cases among homosexuals and bisexuals for the first time during the first three months of 1988, the city Health Department reported. “It has become clear that the gay community has made effective progress in reducing the spread of new infection, unlike the IV drug-using population, where the virus continues to spread virtually unabated,” said Dr. Stephen C. Joseph, health commissioner. A preliminary report shows there were 386 new AIDS cases reported among intravenous drug users and 385 cases among homosexual and bisexual men between Jan. 1 and March 11 in New York City.
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