Government to release revised US HIV estimates (Reuters)

yahoo.com     Jul 23, 2008            

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year. Activists have been saying the numbers are sharply higher and have been urging the CDC to release the numbers. In June, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he believed the numbers had risen from 40,000 to 50,000 a year, although the CDC denied he had seen the new estimates. Late on Tuesday, the CDC said it would release the new estimates on August 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "These new incidence estimates are based on direct measurement of new HIV infections and will provide the clearest picture to date of incidence (or the number of... [read full story]                    

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HIV/AIDS grossly underestimated in US? [Effect Measure]

scienceblogs.com     Jul 21, 2008          

Lots of bloggers follow HIV/AIDS, although we haven't. Maybe because it's no longer an automatic death sentence, it has fallen off the public radar screen, but not because it isn't a huge public health problem. Just how big a...                    

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HIV/AIDS grossly underestimated in US?

agoravox.com     Jul 21, 2008          

Lots of bloggers follow HIV/AIDS, although we haven't. Maybe because it's no longer an automatic death sentence, it has fallen off the public radar screen, but not because it isn't a huge public health problem. Just how big a...                    

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US government to release revised US HIV estimates

alertnet.org     Jul 23, 2008          

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year....                    

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Hispanics make up 22% of new HIV, AIDS cases

dentonrc.com     Jul 23, 2008          

The Washington Post SAN YSIDRO, Calif. – Though Hispanics comprise about 14 percent of the U.S. population, they represented 22 percent of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses tallied by federal officials in 2006. Officials do not have a...                    

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AIDS Among Latinos on Rise

washingtonpost.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Hispanics in U.S. Face Unique Obstacles to Diagnosis, Treatment Mauro Ruiz is one of the growing number of Latinos in the United States who have HIV. Although Hispanics comprise 14 percent of the U.S. population, they...                    

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Government to release revised US HIV estimates (Reuters)

health.yahoo.com     Jul 23, 2008          

70% of users found this article helpful. A hospital pharmacist arranges HIV/AIDS drugs for patients in Payao province, about 600 km (373 miles) north of Bangkok November 28, 2007. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang WASHINGTON (Reuters) -...                    

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Rising HIV-AIDS rates in Latinos raise concern

chron.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Hispanic HIV, AIDS rates a growing health problem SAN YSIDRO, CALIF. — AIDS rates in the nation's Hispanic community are increasing and, with little notice, have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health...                    

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Government to release revised U.S. HIV estimates (Reuters)

health.yahoo.com     Jul 23, 2008          

70% of users found this article helpful. A large AIDS ribbon hangs from the North Portico of the White House in Washington November 30, 2007, recognizing World AIDS Day which is on December 1. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON...                    

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Government to release revised U.S. HIV estimates

publicbroadcasting.net     Jul 23, 2008          

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year. Activists have...                    

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AIDS among Latinos on the rise

montereyherald.com     Jul 23, 2008          

SAN YSIDRO — AIDS rates in the nation's Latino community are increasing and, with little notice, have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis. Though Hispanics comprise about 14 percent of the U.S.                    

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