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Prevalence of People in NYC With Detectable HIV Is Falling

Researchers spotlight the proportion of the population with unsuppressed HIV as an indicator of local transmission risk.

Ramping Up Treatment Rates Could Shrink U.S. HIV Epidemic by 2025

If the viral suppression rate reaches 73 percent in 2020 and 86 percent in 2025, HIV incidence could drop nearly 70 percent.

As HIV Rate Stabilizes Among Gay and Bi Men, Their Undiagnosis Rate Falls

However, the CDC estimates that Latino men who have sex with men and MSM 25 to 34 years old have been contracting HIV at increasing rates.

Global HIV Incidence Is High in Both Pregnant and New Moms

Global rates of HIV cases are high among pregnant women and new mothers, putting their children at high risk of mother-to-child transmission

South Africa Has Highest HIV Incidence in the World

In 2012, the country had more than 400,000 new HIV cases.

HIV Rates Fall in Kenya

Both the number of people living with HIV and the number of new annual infections have fallen in Kenya.

Spike in HIV Cases on Navajo Reservation

Native Americans on the New Mexico Navajo reservation have experienced a sharp uptick in HIV cases, particularly during the past five years.

Widespread Testing Fails to Reduce HIV Incidence in English and Welsh Gay Men

The number of new infections among English and Welsh gay men population remained unchanged between 2001 and 2010 despite increased testing.

Youth Make Up 25% of New HIV Cases, Most Don't Know Their Status

Accounting for a quarter of all new HIV infections in 2010, 60 percent of young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are unaware of their...

Shingles Still More Common in People With HIV

New cases of shingles appear to be on decline among people living with HIV, but rates are still higher than those seen in the general pop.

HIV Treatment May Lower Risk of Precancerous Anal Lesions

Potential good news for HIV-positive men who have sex with men: Antiretroviral therapy may reduce the prevalence of precancerous anal lesions...

HIV Treatment Reduces Incidence, Improves Regression, of Cervical HPV Lesions

Not only did antiretroviral therapy reduce the incidence of new human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated precancerous cervical lesions in a study...

Many at Risk for Hep B in U.S. Aren't Getting Vaccinated

Missed opportunities to vaccinate people at the highest risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) explain why 80,000 people continue to be infected eve...

Tenofovir Microbicide Gel Falters in Major HIV Prevention Study

HIV prevention efforts have suffered a major setback following a Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) announcement that a vaginal gel containing t...

HIV Prevention: Pay Now, Save Later

For the first time in the history of the epidemic, our country has a comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

Circumcision Unlikely to Have Major HIV Prevention Benefit Among Gay Men

Circumcising men who have sex with men (MSM) is likely to have a negligible effect on rate of new HIV cases in US
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