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The South is the epicenter of new HIV infections in the United States
By David Kohn, Friday, July 20, 11:33 AM
...The stigma surrounding AIDS is a key reason that the South is the epicenter of new HIV infections in the United States. Half of all new infections in the United States are in the South, although the region has only a little more than a third of the country?s population, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The South also has the highest death rate due to HIV.
The disproportionate number of cases in the South has many causes: widespread poverty, a shortage of health care, a lack of HIV testing and education, a shortage of accessible medical specialists for the many who live in small rural areas and a persistent prejudice by many in the Bible Belt against homosexuals, the group most affected by HIV/AIDS...
The South is the epicenter of new HIV infections in the United States
By David Kohn, Friday, July 20, 11:33 AM
...The stigma surrounding AIDS is a key reason that the South is the epicenter of new HIV infections in the United States. Half of all new infections in the United States are in the South, although the region has only a little more than a third of the country?s population, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The South also has the highest death rate due to HIV.
The disproportionate number of cases in the South has many causes: widespread poverty, a shortage of health care, a lack of HIV testing and education, a shortage of accessible medical specialists for the many who live in small rural areas and a persistent prejudice by many in the Bible Belt against homosexuals, the group most affected by HIV/AIDS...