AIDS becomes China's deadliest infectious disease
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_as/as_china_aids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fafp%2F20090218%2Fcapt.photo_1234928656234-1-0.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A Chinese man flies an AIDS red ribbon kite by the National Olympic Stadium during an event to commemorate World AIDS Day, in Beijing in November 2008. AIDS has become China's deadliest infectious disease for the first time, the government said, with figures showing at least one person died on average every hour in the first nine months of last year.(AFP/File/Gou Yige)" border="0" /></a>AP - AIDS was the top killer among infectious diseases in China for the first time last year, with 6,897 people dying from the virus in the nine months through September, a state news agency said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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