HIV Study: Second Wave Affecting Young Black Gays
HIV Study: Second Wave Affecting Young Black Gays
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study Thursday, the results of which could indicate a "second-wave" AIDS epidemic, The Washington Post reported. Positive HIV status among young gay men has been rising 12% each year since 2001, the study showed, with the steepest increase among young black men. "These men represent a new generation that has not been personally affected by AIDS in the same way that their older peers have," Richard Wolitski, acting director of HIV/AIDS prevention at the CDC, told the Post.