HIV Among High Schoolers Up Nearly 30%

Teenagers have this quality about them...they think they are indestructible; immune from everything that is harmful or dangerous. Nothing could be further from the truth. New York City's Department of Health reports that HIV among high school teens age 13 to 19 had risen almost 30% between 2004 and 2006. Teens not yet born when the epidemic began are now being infected at a rate of almost 3 in every 10. To fight back a New York Congressman is asking for increased funding for school health programs, HIV prevention and education in high schools and for needle exchange programs. Read more about HIV prevention.

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