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CDC issues revised HIV infection rate statistics
The number of Americans infected by the AIDS each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.
The CDC report noted that the HIV epidemic is affecting those “vulnerable populations”— primarily African-Americans, Hispanics and men who have sex with men — at a disproportionate rate.
But they also lamented the CDC’s finding that infections continue to increase in gay and bisexual men, who accounted for more than half of HIV infections in 2006. Also, more than a third of those with HIV are younger than 30.
Last week, President Bush signed a $48 billion global AIDS bill to continue a program that he called “the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history.”
Some said more attention needs to focus on prevention among blacks, who account for nearly half of annual HIV infections, according to the new CDC report.
A recent report by the Black AIDS Institute concluded that if black Americans were their own nation, they would rank 16th in the world in the number of people living with HIV.
WHERE DID THE $48 BILLION COME FROM--NOT OUR TAXES I HOPE!
The number of Americans infected by the AIDS each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.
The CDC report noted that the HIV epidemic is affecting those “vulnerable populations”— primarily African-Americans, Hispanics and men who have sex with men — at a disproportionate rate.
But they also lamented the CDC’s finding that infections continue to increase in gay and bisexual men, who accounted for more than half of HIV infections in 2006. Also, more than a third of those with HIV are younger than 30.
Last week, President Bush signed a $48 billion global AIDS bill to continue a program that he called “the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history.”
Some said more attention needs to focus on prevention among blacks, who account for nearly half of annual HIV infections, according to the new CDC report.
A recent report by the Black AIDS Institute concluded that if black Americans were their own nation, they would rank 16th in the world in the number of people living with HIV.
WHERE DID THE $48 BILLION COME FROM--NOT OUR TAXES I HOPE!
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