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HIV Increases for Black Men
The num ber o f A m ericans new ly
infected with the A ID S virus each
y ear has been holding steady at
about 50,000, according to a new
report. But a U.S. health official said
ju st keeping the num ber stable was
unacceptable, noting a dram atic in­
crease in new HIV cases am ong
young gay and bisexual black men.
'W e've m ade accom plishm ents
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in driving dow n the rate o f new
infections," said Dr. Kevin Fenton,
the A ID S prevention ch ief for the
C enters for D isease C ontrol and
Prevention. "The charge now is to
continue that trajectory and take
that 50,000 dow n further."
G ay and bisexual m en account
for the m ajority o f the new cases —
nearly tw o-thirds in 2009. H etero­
sexuals accounted for 27 percent
and injection drug users represented
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9 percent o f new infections.
T he only increase o v er the four
years w as in young gay and b i­
sexual m en, driven by a 48 percent
increase am ong blacks ages 13 to
29. Fenton said that's one o f the
areas w here prevention efforts need
to be focused.
"The reality is that we ju st cannot
allow another generation o f gay men
to be lost to w hat is essentially a
preventable disease," he said.
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: My low er back has been
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seen a doctor. W hat should I do?
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