NHF is Warned

On July 16, 1982, NHF was alerted by the Centers for Disease Control that three people with hemophilia had come down with the newly defined immune-deficiency syndrome. When the NHF began to investigate, however, the organization's leaders decided that the risk for hemophiliacs from not using the blood concentrate was far greater than the risk posed by this new disease, which seemed to be affecting very few people.