Labels:text | screenshot | black and white | font | black | number OCR: Planned Parenthood Welcomes CDC's New AIDS Definition Page 80 NY, 1-1/US Newswire: The Centers for Disease Control's expanded definition of AIDS, which goes into effect today, was hailed as "a lifeline" to thousands of HIV-positive individuals by Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). CDC's new definition adds pulmonary tuberculosis, recurrent bacterial pneumonia, and invasive cervical cancer -- diseases common among women -- to the list of AIDS-defining infections. It also allows an AIDS diagnoses based on a drop in the level of the body's master immune cells, or T-cells, to 200 cells per milliliter. It is estimated that as many as 190, 000 Americans with HIV have T-cell counts below 200, but most remain undiagnosed as having AIDS. "We are optimistic that this new policy will im ...
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