Friday, November 18, 2005

HIV Cases Among Blacks Show Decline Since 2001

HIV Cases Among Blacks Show Decline Since 2001: "ATLANTA, Nov. 17 -- The rate of newly reported HIV cases among blacks has been dropping by about 5 percent a year since 2001, the government said Thursday, but blacks are still eight times as likely as whites to be diagnosed with the AIDS virus.

'The racial disparities remain severe,' said Lisa Lee, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

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