When the Centres for Disease Control W and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency, published its latest statistics on HIV in 2008, there was consternation: there were 40% more new HIV infections each year than had previously been thought. The survey also revealed that a fifth of Americans with HIV were unaware of it. One theory is that people have been lulled into a false sense of security about HIV because campaigns to publicise the condition have been scaled back and anti-retroviral drugs are more readily available.
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