A new reports says that Dallas County has the highest rates of new AIDS/HIV cases. WFAA.com reports:
"The new numbers we're seeing in the 13-to-18 age group, that number is staggering," said Dallas County Health Department Director Zach Thompson.
Thompson said Dallas County leads the state in the number of new HIV infections.
Twenty-five percent of new HIV cases in the county are in the 13-to-24 age group. About 40 percent of all new cases are African American and female.
"We were just as alarmed in the 80's when we saw the infection rate among white gay males," Thompson said. "We should have the same intensity now as it relates to African American females. And I don't see that intensity."
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