SelectPlusThe Number of People Infected With HIV IncreasesThe Number of People Infected With HIV IncreasesThe Associated PressA new report says the number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus ea...
SelectPlusThe Number of People Infected With HIV IncreasesThe Number of People Infected With HIV IncreasesThe Associated PressA new report says the number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is higher than the government has been estimating. The country had roughly 56,300 new HIV infections in 2006. an increase of about 16,000. (August 4)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] There is troubling news in the fight against H-I-V and AIDS in this country. More people are infected now than researchers first thought.SOT: Our new estimate shows that the epidemic is and has been worse than we previously knew. New technology is allowing doctors to measure a specific H-I-V antibody in the blood, which can determine if a person has been infected in the past five months. SOT: We now know that HIV infections were never as low as forty thousand per year. We estimate that about fifty thousand infections occurred per year in the early 1990's. In 2006, that number jumped to more than 56 thousand infections. 53 percent of new cases occurred among homosexual men. 45 percent among African Americans. SOT: these estimates are a wake up call for us all. We need to to more as individuals communities and as a nation to increase testing and also increase prevention efforts Doctors estimate there are one million people living with H-I-V in the United States. 25 percent of those people do not know they are infected. Researchers say the new figure is due to the better blood test, and new statistical methods. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE:-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: Kevin White------------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: JAMA Handout --------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: Yes------------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: Courtesy-------------------------------- --SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: BC-MED--HIV Infections, 3rd Ld-Writethru,1207----------------------- -------------
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black people use to have more unprotected sexual relations, thats a fact, imnot racist, but its cos in africa they dont use condoms, so afroamericans have africans gens, then they dont use condoms and get VIH
haha stevebully great andwer man........... this shit has nothing to do with blacks or whites or homesexuals it has to do with better sex education and protections
that's very disturbing that gays $ lesbos are spreading all kinds of diseases. I support Congress to abolish gay marriages. The blacks are dumb $ ignorant sickos who don't care about human life.
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The blacks are dumb $ ignorant sickos who don't care about human life.