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Chinese Doctor and AIDS Activist Gao Yaojie Dies at 95

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Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her home in the United States. Gao’s outspokenness about the virus outbreak — which some gauged to have infected tens of thousands — embarrassed the Chinese government and … Read more

Gao Yaojie, China’s AIDS whistleblower, dies in New York

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Gao Yaojie, a doctor exiled from China under pressure from authorities after she exposed an AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, died at her home in New York on Sunday, little more than a week before her 96th birthday. Gao, a retired gynecologist, gained international acclaim when she … Read more