Hiv Risk In Teens And Young Adults
The Impact of HIV in Young People According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 26% of the 50,000 Americans infected each year with HIV are under the age of 25. That’s over 12,000 new infections annually—1,000 new infections every month. Since 60% of infected youth are unaware of their status, they could be unknowingly passing the virus on to others. But the numbers alone barely reflect the true nature of the problem....