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Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, is comforted by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington
30 Oct 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Jeanne White-Ginder (R), mother of Ryan White, is comforted by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. White was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after contracting the disease from a blood-clotting agent used to treat his hemophilia and was barred from school out of fear of spreading the disease. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)
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