From the HUFF POST:
Almost three out of four people in the United States with HIV do not have their condition under control, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The news comes just days before World AIDS Day, which is on Dec. 1.
The high figures are likely a result of one in five people not realizing that they have the disease to begin with, the CDC said.
“While we have known that viral suppression can be achieved with proper HIV treatment and care, today’s new Vital Signs data highlight the challenges our country faces in keeping HIV-positive Americans in the care they need to control the virus,” Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., the director of the CDC, said in a statement…
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EDITOR: Lancaster General Health has spurned an offer by the Urban League to operate a full scale syringe exchange here in Lancaster! Syringe exchanges are gateways to identifying bearers of HIV / AIDS through testing, guiding them to treatment, and for protecting the health of the general population.
