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I hate to bring this thread back up to the top again but I am currently in Bangkok, Thailand (which is absolutely beautiful) for the International AIDS Conference.

This was recently released and I wanted to share it with my Sorors and GC brothahs and sistahs.

U.S. News
New York City: One in 14 Middle-Aged Black Men Have HIV or AIDS
Associated Press
07.13.04

New York City black men ages 40 to 54 are almost three times as likely as other city residents to have HIV/AIDS, according to a report from the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released Monday at the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok. Across the city, one of every 14 middle-age black men are HIV-infected; in Manhattan, the rate is one in seven. According to the report, many middle-age black men are not being tested in the early stages of infection and do not know they need treatment.

Be careful y'all. Dang! I don't kow how much this is related to the DL, but I couldn't find a more appropriate thread to post it under. I think half of these men are infected through injecting drugs, while roughly 30% are MSM.

These mena re also being co-diagnosed with HIV and AIDS, which means they have been infected for a while and didn't know.

WE HAVE TO BE TESTED EVERYONE!!!