CDC: Modern AIDS Crisis Worse Than Previously Thought

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA 

On the heels of a call to arms by various organizations and think tanks to meet the HIV/AIDS crisis head on in the African-American community, comes news from the CDC that, overall, almost 60 000 people become infected with the virus annually in this country. As methods for detection of the virus have become more rapid and precise, the sobering realization that the epidemic is worse than previously thought is starting to set in for epidemiologists and activists alike. | LINK

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