Krista Blake Columbiana Ohio 20 Years Old

IN the fall of 1990, Krista Blake was 18 and looking forward to her first year at Youngstown State University in Ohio. She and her boyfriend were talking about getting married. Her life, she says, was "basic, white-bread America." Then she went to the doctor, complaining about a backache,...

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Published in:Newsweek 1992-08, Vol.120 (5), p.49
Main Author: Beachy, Lucille
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:IN the fall of 1990, Krista Blake was 18 and looking forward to her first year at Youngstown State University in Ohio. She and her boyfriend were talking about getting married. Her life, she says, was "basic, white-bread America." Then she went to the doctor, complaining about a backache, and found out she had the AIDS virus. Blake had been infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, two years earlier by an older boy, a hemophiliac."
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X