Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Dentist David Acer accidentally infected his patient Kimberly Bergalis.
B. NuShawn Williams was wrongly accused of infecting over two-dozen young women with HIV.
C. The first proven case of HIV in humans was from a blood sample collected in 1959.
D. Although education was attempted, the incidence of new cases of HIV has not reduced recently in Thailand.
E. The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered, but did not drastically modify, its previous ruling in Bowers v. Hardwick.
Answer: C
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