Fauci: HIV/AIDS in the U.S. 'worse than most perceive'
WBUR, November 11, 2010
More than 1 million people live with it in the U.S., and one in five don’t know they have it. While the annual numbers of new HIV infections have remained stable, more than 56,000 Americans are newly infected with the virus each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
In a recent survey, more than 60 percent of Americans said advancements in HIV/AIDS have received too little coverage. I spoke with an infectious disease doctor and expert to find out where we stand in combating HIV/AIDS. Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.
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