HIV/AIDS in D.C. Hits 3 Percent
March 20, 2009 by Editor · Leave a Comment
Hiv/aids infection rates are higher in our nation’s capital than in West Africa. This shocking statistic comes from the 2008 Epidemiology Annual Report, which found that Washington, D.C.’s rates are twice as high as those of New York City and five times higher than Detroit’s.
The definition of a “generalized and severe” epidemic is 1 percent infection. Washington, D.C.’s rate …at 3 percent.
The report found that …Black men have been most affected, with infection rates of 7 percent. [Read More…]
From theTrumpet.com| Posted: 17 March 2009
Black Women’s Burden: An Epidemic of HIV
September 18, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
The AIDS virus weighs heavily on African-American females, in addition to gay men
Janice was 27 years old and eight weeks pregnant with her son when she was diagnosed with HIV in 1991. The Queens, N.Y., resident believes that the father of her older child—a daughter, now 24—gave her the infection. She’s far from alone in acquiring the virus from a man she thought she could trust. “Some people have the attitude that it can’t happen to them,” says Janice, … [read more]
by January W. Payne | on US News & World Report | Posted 12 September 2008
