Three women in the US contracted HIV from contaminated needles during cosmetic treatment.

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Three women in the US contracted HIV from contaminated needles during cosmetic treatment.

At least three women in the United States have contracted HIV from using contaminated needles during a cosmetic treatment. The CDC, the US counterpart of the RIVM, established this after research. It is the first time it has been established that the disease is transmitted during a cosmetic treatment involving needles. This happened at a clinic in the state of New Mexico. After HIV was detected in a woman treated there in 2018, the CDC launched …