World AIDS Day in Dallas
Dr. David Lee Advances in treatments and changes at agencies mark another year of HIV treatment and care DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com Over the past 40 years, 35 million people around the world have died of AIDS related illnesses; today 38 million people live with the virus.
World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988 on Dec. 1 to fight stigma, remember friends lost to the virus and honor those living with it.
This year, observances in DFW include AIDS Outreach Center’s annual “Red Ribbon Gala: Boots & Bling” and Resource Center’s “Red Ribbon.” The numbers, the history The most recent statistics for HIV diagnoses in the U.S.
are for 2021. In Dallas County, 20,268 people were living with HIV in 2021, including 820 people newly diagnosed that year. Across Texas, 100,700 people are living with HIV, and in the U.S., 1.2 million people live with the virus.
