The HIV infection rate has doubled among blacks in the United States over a decade while holding steady among whites — stark evidence of a widening racial gap in the epidemic, government scientists said Friday.
The study on which Donn's report is based excluded the homeless, soldiers, and prisoners, making it likely that the infection rate in the African-American community may be higher. Adding insult to injury, the study shows that as much as 44 percent of those who need to be in treatment in this country are not.
