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The international AIDS research community is mourning the deaths of a number of its members, including Joep Lange, a former president of the International AIDS Society. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that an estimated 100 of the 298 people killed when a commercial plane was shot down over Ukraine yesterday (July 17) were en route to the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne, Australia. The Washington Post reported that the number of travelers onboard who were headed to the conference may be much smaller. The airline has yet to confirm the names of all those who died.
“It’s going to be a very somber mood at the conference in Melbourne, especially for those of us who have been coming to these conferences for many years,” Clive ...
