CDC Leader Discusses Studies on Black Women and HIV-Infection (posted 11/4)

With Dr. Kevin Fenton, NPR explores the reasons behind the high rates of HIV/AIDS infection among black women.  Dr. Kevin Fenton of the Centers for Disease Control National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention discusses the release of new studies that debunk the myth that black women contract HIV from their black male companions who have sex with other men.  Fenton discusses the relationship of various factors including incarceration, multiple sex partners, unprotected sex and drug use and HIV-infection.  To read the NPR transcript click here.

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