Press Release - Epidemic of HIV Requires National Mobilization, Health Officials Warn
NOV-17-10 WASHINGTON, DC - With new projections that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates are increasing in some populations, former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop -- who charted the nation's policies on HIV/AIDS following the first deaths from AIDS in 1981 -- today issued a stern warning to the public health community: HIV/AIDS continues to be a major epidemic and requires a national mobilization to identify and provide immediate care for many Americans with HIV who remain undiagnosed -- an estimated 200,000 people. Strikingly, among HIV-infected adolescents, 50 percent are unidentified.
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Scientists, Advocates Call for Better Methods to Evaluate Increased Risk of CVD
JUL 19-10 Scientists, HIV Advocates Call for Better Methods to Evaluate the Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Persons with HIV. Two-Fold Increase in Risk May Be Directly Linked to HIV.
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