jueves, 28 de febrero de 2019

Inside STAT: Progress on HIV in the U.S. has stalled

Morning Rounds
Megan Thielking

Inside STAT: Progress on HIV in the U.S. has stalled

On the heels of President Trump's pledge to stem the U.S. HIV epidemic, a new federal report finds that the gradual declines in HIV infections have stalled. The number of new HIV infections each year has stayed steady at roughly 39,000 cases each since 2013, according to the CDC report. Before that, the numbers had dropped each year for about half a decade. The report comes as the Trump administration gears up for its plan to cut new HIV infections by 90 percent within the next decade. Among the steps health officials have said are key to that effort: diagnosing and treating people as early as possible. STAT's Andrew Joseph has the story here

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