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AIDS Epidemic Rages Through the Deep South
(Newser) – You might think HIV/AIDS has been relegated to a Third World problem, but the virus is ravaging populations right here in the American South. Some 50% of new HIV cases occur in Dixie, which is home to more HIV-positive Americans than any other region and also has the country's highest AIDS death rate. Poor minority areas often lack effective treatments, particularly given the often-late diagnoses, writes documentary filmmaker Lisa Biagiotti in the Los Angeles Times. Mississippi provides a case in point: Half its residents who know they have HIV aren't being treated—the same figure seen in Ethiopia. Mississippi's death rate is 60% higher than the national average.
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