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National Minority Health Month Foundation calls on Congress to Pass Ryan White CARE Act

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 4th, 2006

The National Minority Health Month Foundation marked the 25th anniversary of the first documented AIDS cases by calling upon Congress to immediately modernize and pass the Ryan White CARE Act.

The CARE Act, which expired September 2005, supports access to HIV/AIDS treatment and care.

"On June 5, 1981 the first cases of AIDS were documented and in the last 25 years, the face of this epidemic has changed dramatically," said Dr. Gary Puckrein, executive director of the National Minority Health Month Foundation.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that almost 75% of the new reported HIV cases in the...

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