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AIDS Increasing Among U.S. Seniors

Posted on Aug 15, 1999 by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley Estimated reading time: 0 minutes

Infections are especially high in Florida, where thousands of older Americans have flocked in search of the good life. In Palm Beach 15 percent of new cases are among people over 50. A 63-year-old woman became HIV-positive after her recent divorce.

Age doesn't always equate to wisdom. Some mistakes reap much more serious consequences than others.The Ten Commandments are for everyone, including senior citizens. No age-group is exempt from God's laws. They constitute an invaluable code of conduct designed for the benefit and protection of humankind. To learn more, please request our free booklet The Ten Commandments. (Source: The Times [London].)

John Ross Schroeder
(1937-2014)
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Scott Ashley
United Church of God Pastor, Beyond Today Managing Editor
Scott Ashley is managing editor of Beyond Today magazine, United Church of God booklets and its printed Bible Study Course. He and his wife, Connie, live near Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Ashley attended Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas, graduating in 1976 with a theology major and minors in journalism and speech. It was there that he first became interested in publishing, an industry in which he has worked for 50 years.