70 percent of Americans with HIV don’t have virus under control

SUN HERALD / MCCLATCHY: Amid ongoing fears of an Ebola outbreak in the United States, Americans got a grim reminder on Tuesday about the ongoing public health threat posed by another deadly virus: HIV.

Seventy percent of Americans who have HIV do not have the disease in check, and many of them are no longer receiving treatment, according to a study published Tuesday…

More than a million Americans have HIV, and about 50,000 more become infected every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which conducted the study… (more)

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