American HIV Rate Higher 40 Percent Higher Than Estimated
Posted on August 3, 2008
Filed Under Gay Wired, News
A new study conducted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the annual infection rate for HIV is 40 percent higher than previously estimated. Fifty-three percent of all new infections occurred among gay and bisexual men, with men and women in the Black community at the second highest rate of infection.
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