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Most everyone has been impacted by HIV and
AIDS since the virus made its debut in the U.S. in the early
1980s. From the early days when little was known about the
disease, except that people who were infected died, through
the tremendous gains in research and treatment, as well as
the massive public health educational effort, HIV has touched
most of our lives. It is now not the automatic death sentence
it once was.
Despite these gains, 56,300 people in the
U.S. were newly infected with HIV in 2006; and worldwide there
seems to be no end to its reach. This significant chronic
illness remains lethal for many people. Even for those persons
who are responding well to antiretroviral medications, there
remain significant challenges in dealing with this chronic
illness.
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