NATION IN BRIEF : GEORGIA : Video Warns AIDS Patients on Food
Federal health officials with the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control began distributing a 15-minute videotape advising people infected with the AIDS virus to be especially careful about the foods they eat and how they prepare those foods. Because their immune systems are weakened, people with AIDS and earlier stages of the disease face dangers from food-borne illnesses that can result from improperly cooked and handled foods, the videotape says. The videotape is being sent to community health groups nationwide.
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