Researchers: HIV prevention making 'strides,' but cure must be pursued
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The last time the International AIDS Conference was held in the US in 1990, the estimated number of new HIV infections per year in the nation was about 84,000. But with the most recent incidence rate of HIV now down by 43% in the US from two decades ago – at 48,000 – researchers, doctors and patients have good reason to think the tide is turning.