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Rate of HIV infections in US fell by 73% from mid-1980s peak to 2019: study – Yahoo News Australia

New annual infections with HIV fell by 73 percent from its peak in the mid-1980s to 2019, according to a new analysis by US health authorities released…

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New annual infections with HIV fell by 73 percent from its peak in the mid-1980s to 2019, according to a new analysis by US health authorities released Thursday.
But the proportion of infected minority Black and Latino people has risen, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which published its first report on the then-new and mysterious virus on June 5 1981, almost 40 years ago.
“Reductions are due to the decades-long work of and collaboration with scientists, patients,…

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