By Ethan Covey
Trends in time to viral suppression among people living with HIV in the Deep South are improving, a sign of progress for a region hard hit by the HIV epidemic, according to a presentation at the virtual CROI 2021 conference (abstract 105).
A key component of the U.S. Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative focuses geographically on 48 counties in seven states where more than 50% of new HIV diagnoses occur annually, despite making up only 38% of the national population.
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