Interesting article I came across last week in the LA Times


http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-sci-aids3-2008aug03,0,3413865,full.story

From the Los Angeles Times

HIV epidemic in U.S. worse than previously thought, CDC says
Based on new testing methods, the CDC says there are actually about 56,300 new infections a year -- not 40,000 -- and that rate has been fairly constant for a decade.
By Thomas H. Maugh II
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

August 3, 2008

"Federal officials have been underestimating the number of new HIV infections in the United States by 40% every year for more than a decade, a finding that indicates the U.S. epidemic is much worse than thought, researchers said Saturday.

see the rest for free at LA Times.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-sci-aids3-2008aug03,0,3413865,full.story

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