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02-24-2018, 03:53 AM
There's an uptick in HIV in these millennial groups. Here's why
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a report about HIV trends for people under 30 in the U.S., and the numbers show an increase in one particular group: 25- to 29-year-olds.
After collecting data from all over the country on HIV and AIDS diagnoses between 2010 and 2014, the CDC found (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6707a2.htm?s_cid=mm6707a2_w) that overall rates of infection for 13- to 29-year-olds has remained stable overall. And for some of the younger groups, like those aged 15 to 19, rates have actually gone down.
But "We can't pat ourselves on the back just yet," said Craig Wilson, a professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in an interview. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/23/hiv-diagnosis-increase-millennials-cdc/)
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a report about HIV trends for people under 30 in the U.S., and the numbers show an increase in one particular group: 25- to 29-year-olds.
After collecting data from all over the country on HIV and AIDS diagnoses between 2010 and 2014, the CDC found (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6707a2.htm?s_cid=mm6707a2_w) that overall rates of infection for 13- to 29-year-olds has remained stable overall. And for some of the younger groups, like those aged 15 to 19, rates have actually gone down.
But "We can't pat ourselves on the back just yet," said Craig Wilson, a professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in an interview. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/23/hiv-diagnosis-increase-millennials-cdc/)
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