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As Trump calls for an end to HIV epidemic, CDC reports progress has stalled

A new federal report released Wednesday shows that the gradual declines in #HIV infections witnessed in recent years have stalled.
Packets containing condoms, clean syringes, and other items are available in a vending machine in a poor neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

As the Trump administration rolls out its plans to stanch the HIV epidemic in the United States, a federal report released Wednesday shows that the gradual declines in HIV infections witnessed in recent years have stalled.

The number of new HIV infections has held steady at about 39,000 cases each year since 2013, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which focused on infections from 2010 to 2016. Before 2013,

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