| • | HIV Infection And Women
The number of women with HIV infection and AIDS in the United States is steadily rising. Read more about this important health concern, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. |
| • | HIV In Children And Adolescents
Many children with HIV are asymptomatic, and they often remain so until they are of school age or sometimes until puberty. |
| • | HIV Infection in Adolescents and Young Adults
Many young people, when they learn they are HIV-positive, take months to accept their diagnosis and return for treatment. |
| • | HIV Infection In Minority Populations
HIV/AIDS continues to disproportionately affect minorities. Racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States, primarily African Americans and Hispanics, make up 58 percent of the more than 928,188 cases of AIDS reported to the CDC since 1981. |
| • | Health Care Workers And The Risk Of HIV
Occupational exposure may increase a health care worker's risk of acquiring HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. |
