Click image to view full article Ryan Gralinski This June, HIV turns 27. It was in June 1981 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported cases of what was to be called AIDS. This November, I will turn 27 too. It was in November 1981 that I was born—and got a blood transfusion that gave me HIV. But my family and I didn’t learn I was positive until I was 12. Unafraid, I told everyone in my 7th-grade class—and made the news as one of the first…
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Providence Journal – Bulletin – Providence, R.I. Author: TIMOTHY C. BARMANN Date: Jan 21, 1996 Text Word Count: 936 HIV Fourteen-year-old Ryan Gralinski has lots of friends – but none are quite like him. In most respects, the Coventry boy is like a typical teenager trying to navigate the endless limbo of adolescence. He has sleep-overs with friends, he likes toski, and he occasionally argues with his twin brother. And he loves to play with computers. But Ryan faces an uncertain future. You may recall front-page articles about him last…
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An Article from 1994 About Ryan Gralinski Providence Journal – Providence, R.I. Author:BARBARA POLICHETTI Journal-Bulletin Staff Writer Date:Sep 16, 1994 Section:NEWS Text Word Count:1070 Ryan Gralinski COVENTRY — Ryan Gralinski’s close friends know that he loves riding his bicycle, skating and spending hours playing with his home computer. He also loves watching professional hockey and is an avid fan of the New York Rangers. Yesterday Ryan Gralinski, 12, told his friends something they didn’t know about him. He is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Ryan made his…
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