“There’s the potential for a whole new wave of HIV infections, especially among the young. (Emphasis added.)“
They weren’t around when we did education the first time,” Baker says. “They haven’t experienced as much death and illness. They’ve become complacent about the very real risks of HIV. MORE
The figures in the USA Today report may be misleading - and the totals may be much higher than stated:
* An estimated one million people are currently living with HIV in the United States, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year.
* Seventy percent of these new infections occur in men and 30 percent occur in women.
* By race, 54 percent of the new infections in the United States occur among African Americans, and 64 percent of the new infections in women occur in African American women.
* 75 percent of the new infections in women are heterosexually transmitted.
* Half of all new infections in the United States occur in people 25 years of age or younger. LINK
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