Whatever Happened To ... The 494 Children Who Got HIV In 1 Pakistani City?
That was in the spring. This summer, panic and hysteria are still palpable among worried parents. An investigation is underway.
by Benazir Samad
Aug 30, 2019
3 minutes
In April, a medical mystery made headlines in Larkana, Pakistan. Some children with persistent fevers were tested for HIV. There were 14 positive results. Additional testing identified 494 children in the area who were HIV-positive. But according to the authorities, their parents were not HIV-positive. An investigation has been launched. What do we now know?
In the months since the news about the HIV cases in Larkana first became public, numbers have increased
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