NEW YORK (PIX11) – HIV cases are rising in New York City, according to a report by the NYC Department of Health. The study states these new cases disproportionately impact Black and Latino communities.
The study released Monday reports 1,791 new diagnoses were made in 2024, with 86% involving Black or Latino individuals. Additionally, new diagnoses in the city have either increased or remained stable for the fourth consecutive year, unlike a decline in new cases that was seen before 2020, the study reported.
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“In the last three decades, we’ve made immense progress toward ending the HIV epidemic in New York City, with new diagnoses down more than 70 % since 2001. Yet this progress has stalled as new diagnoses have increased or remained stable for the fourth year in a row, while life-saving federal funding for ending the epidemic is in jeopardy,” said Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse.
The new report shows an increase in HIV diagnoses as the federal government proposes shutting the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention and cutting $755.6 million in HIV prevention funding…