MUHAMMAD FAROOQ | The Seattle Times

A Pakistani mother kisses her son Ali Raza, 10, infected with HIV in a village near Ratodero, a small town in southern province of Sindh in Pakistan, Thursday, May 16, 2019. Officials say about 500 people, mostly children, have tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a southern Pakistani provincial district. A local doctor who has AIDS has since been arrested and is being investigated for possibly intentionally infecting patients. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ISL105 ISL105

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