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New report on DC’s HIV rates

15th of March 2009

The Health Department has released a report showing that at least 3% of DC residents are HIV infected.

A March 15 Washington Post article offers a sobering summary of the 2008 epidemiological report to be released by the city’s health department.

AT LEAST 3 PERCENT of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a “generalized and severe” epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials tomorrow.

Continue to read the Post’s article here