By Marie Rosenthal, MS
Although the United States has made progress in reducing HIV transmission, that progress was not seen by everyone. HIV continues to affect some groups more than others due to systemic inequality, according to the CDC.
One of those groups is Black people, who account for a higher proportion of new HIV infections than other races and ethnicities. Blacks make up 13% of the U.S. population but 40% of people with HIV in 2019, according to CDC estimates.
“Racism,