HIV cases rise in Holland

The number of people with HIV infections in the Netherlands is increasing, health officials said today. Last year 950 new HIV patients were identified, compared to 300 in 1996. The HIV monitoring foundation says the figure has gone up because more gay men are having unsafe sex.

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