Health Report - AIDS Tests Advised for All in US Age 15-65

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VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in English. An advisory group has suggested that everyone in United States between the ages of 15 and 65 get tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. US.. Preventive Services Task Force says wider public acceptance HIV testing could lead to earlier treatment for those , and it would further slow the spread of AIDS. 16 medical experts on the task force are appointed the government. They examine scientific evidence for and against care services designed to prevent disease. HIV is spread unprotected sex or contact with an infected person's blood. 2005, the task force recommended testing for all pregnant and anyone at increased risk of HIV. Now, HIV could be offered as an early screening tool. He that makes more sense than offering it later when go to the doctor for tests to find out they are sickAn estimated 1.2 million Americans have HIV. year about 50,000 more get infected. Up to 25 of all infected people do not know they have virus. But among young people, the Centers for Disease and Prevention says about 60 percent do not know . The CDC says one-fourth of new infections in the States are in young people age 13 to 24. first was World AIDS Day. The latest United Nations report says 25 low-- to middle-income countries have cut rate of new infections in half since 2001. Most those countries are in sub-Saharan Africa. But UNAIDS researchers the number of new cases has risen more than percent in the Middle East and North Africa in last 10 years. For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex .

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