Word: yancovitz
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Dates: during 1989-1989
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...number of addicts is still rising. At drug treatment centers run by New York City's Beth Israel Medical Center, 13% of the patients currently seeking treatment had begun shooting heroin in the past two years. "Given the information that's out there, that's pathetic," says Dr. Stanley Yancovitz, director of clinical AIDS activity at Beth Israel. As gays have grown more cautious about sex, intravenous drug abuse has become the dominant mode of AIDS-virus transmission. New York State expects 3,500 new AIDS cases among addicts this year, vs. 2,700 among gays. In New Jersey...
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