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CDC Director Provides Update On AIDS Epidemic In Anticipation Of AIDS 2012 Conference
In anticipation of the AIDS 2012 conference, to be held in Washington, D.C., from July 22-27, CDC Director Thomas Frieden spoke at the Washington-based Center for Strategic & International Studies, where he provided an update on the epidemic in the U.S. and abroad, VOA News reports. Frieden provided statistics on HIV infection and death rates; recounted "trying to treat hundreds of patients in the early days of the epidemic," before treatment was available; and said that "around the world, ... HIV/AIDS remains the biggest infectious disease challenge more than 30 years into the epidemic," the news service writes.
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