Nation IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : Study Finds HIV in 7% of Young Gays

AIDS is spreading fast among males in their teens and early 20s who have homosexual encounters, even though they grew up amid widespread awareness of ways to avoid the lethal virus, a study found. Preliminary results from the first national survey of young homosexual and bisexual men--presented at a meeting in Baltimore of the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science--show that 7% are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. “HIV prevalence is very high among young men who have sex with men. . . ,” said Dr. Linda Valleroy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.