Newly Diagnosed HIV Cases Decline In DC.

reports that data released Tuesday showed “the number of newly diagnosed cases of HIV and the deaths related to the illness continued to drop in the District in 2013, although overall prevalence of the virus remained at epidemic levels.” The numbers showed that “deaths decreased by 44 percent, the most significant decline in years,” and that the “number of new diagnoses decreased from 678 to 553, with declines among blacks, whites and Hispanics.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/drop-in-number-of-newly-reported-hiv-cases-in-the-district/2015/06/30/9522d676-1f31-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html