COLUMBIA — In some of the coldest weather so far this winter, dozens of Columbia community members participated in World AIDS Day, walking down College Avenue with fistfuls of helium-filled balloons Monday evening. Illuminated by blinking lights, the 235 red balloons represented the lives of the 235 North Central Missouri residents who have died of AIDS during the past 27 years.
As of 2007, there were 202 people living with HIV in Boone County; 11 cases were diagnosed in 2007 alone, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
As of 2007, there were 202 people living with HIV in Boone County; 11 cases were diagnosed in 2007 alone, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
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