The U-S Surgeon General's office and other federal health agencies say the rising rates of HIV and AIDS cases among Native Americans signal a possible epidemic. It's long been known that HIV and AIDS have been a problem within other minority communities, most notably African Americans and Hispanics, but officials worry the disease could spread more quickly in the country's small American Indian population. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
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