National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day: A Perspective from the National Institutes of Health When Americans think about HIV, the face they imagine isn’t that of a person who has lived over half a century and beyond. Yet, in 2009, people aged 50 and older accounted for 17% of new HIV diagnoses in 40 states with long-term confidential name-based reporting. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS in the United States. Today, more than … [Read more...]
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day – September 18, 2011
September 16, 2011 by Team Celebration
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