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AIDS became epidemic and there is more growing understanding of how far-reaching the problem has become, and of the need to prevent HIV infection and to protect kids.
Mankind has made huge steps in understanding and treating HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but the epidemic continues to spread worldwide. According to a recent study within the next 25 years, AIDS will obviously join heart disease and stroke as the top 3 causes of death in the world. In the United States, half of all new HIV infections occur in teens and young people from ages 13 to 24. And a quarter of infected with HIV and AIDS don’t know about their disease.
To influence the development of the spread of HIV/AIDS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2006 recommended that all teens and adults ? from ages 13 to 64 ? were tested for HIV as a part of routine medical care.
Meantime, physician groups start to do more testing and provide more information about the risks of sexual activity and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Education and other preventive informational methods, together with better and more accessible treatments, can slow the spread and reduce the number of new cases. But the AIDS crisis is far from over.