#HIV rates

About 45 percent of Americans diagnosed with HIV are 50 or older.

Officials have not linked these cases to a single factor.

They’re concerned about a “dramatic increase” in HIV rates among gay, bisexual and transgender Latinx.

The cases were among heterosexuals who used drugs, suggesting the local epidemic is spreading to different populations.

According to the CDC, the national annual HIV infection rate has dropped by 15 percent.

The annual number of HIV diagnoses have declined in the city.

For one thing, CDC data show decreases in new HIV cases among several Black population groups.

The surge stems from injection drug use.

Fake news alert: Trump allegedly said 15,000 recent Haitian immigrants all have AIDS.

One reason: “There is a 25 to 30 percent increase in incidents every year.”

A county health director stated as much, but after public criticism, she apologized.

The 90-90-90 goals hope to tackle a recent 12 percent increase in new HIV cases.

About 17,000 inmates were known to have HIV in 2015, down from a high of nearly 26,000 in 1998.

New South Wales, which includes Sydney, is likely seeing the benefits of new HIV prevention efforts.

Plus: The city becomes the latest to endorse and promote “Undetectable = Untransmittable” (U=U).

Since 1991, Arizona law has prohibited schools from promoting safer sex methods for gay people.