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This major US city saw an increase in new HIV cases last year, but there’s a catch…

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annual report. Because of the increase in testing, it says many of those people diagnosed could have been living with the virus for years without knowing.

It estimates there was an actual decrease in transmission of around 17%, but the rise in testing obscures this fact.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.The demographic breakdown of that 2023 figure matches earlier years.

HIV continues to disproportionately impact ethnic minority communities. Forty-two percent (42%) of those diagnosed with the virus were Latino and 41% were Black.

Sixty-nine percent (69%) were men who have sex with men.Thirty-nine percent (39%) lived in high- or very high-poverty ZIP codes.

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