AIDS Action Observes HIV Vaccine Awareness Day: Reason to Hope

Every nine and a half minutes someone in the United States is infected with HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 56,300 individuals became infected with HIV in 2006 alone. There are over 1.1 million people living with the virus in the United States. It is a disease that impacts minority and poor communities disproportionately: African-Americans are seven times more likely to contract HIV, while the rate of infection among Hispanics is three times that of whites. Amidst this tragic reality, the ongoing search for an HIV vaccine gives us reason to hope. The HIV vaccine research field continues to advance, and 2009 marks a year of promise....

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