The facts are shockingly clear, HIV and AIDS are still infecting and killing thousands of people a day, but the good news is that it’s now a manageable disease. “It’s sad that people believe that it’s a death sentence,” says Dr. Steven Santiago, Medical Director for Care Resource, a nonprofit, multicultural, community based AIDS service organization. “Today it’s a manageable disease. In some ways its easier to manage than diabetes.” With the reports of a new drug that will prevent HIV infection in healthy people there is hope, however, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there are approximately 1.2 million people in the United States living with HIV infection and 1 in 5 are unaware of their infection. In fact, Care Resource has shared a report that states that every 9.5 minutes, someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. The war against AIDS is a battle that has not been won yet and there have been many casualties.
