HIV/AIDS Research Paper

In the United States, there are about 800,000 to 900,000 people who are HIV-positive. Over 300,000 people are living with AIDS. Each year, there are about 40,000 new infections. In the mid-1990s, AIDS was a leading cause of death. However, newer treatments have cut the AIDS death rate significantly. In addition, in the early 1990's, AIDS was mostly only infecting homosexual men. Now, it has spread to men and women of all ages and sexualities. Homosexual men are …

…medications daily for 30 days. This reduces the risk of you getting the virus by 79%, but has serious side effects to it. In conclusion, you must be cautious in this new world. You can only protect yourself by using proper protection and being cautious of whom your sexual partners are. As there is no cure for the disease, you have to be careful because if you are infected you are stuck with the disease for life.