For years, U.S. has underestimated its new AIDS cases by 40%, study says

There are about 56,300 new infections a year, the CDC says, not the 40,000 figure that has been used for over a decade. A disturbing trend: infections among gay men, blacks and Latinos have risen. Federal officials have been underestimating the number of new AIDS infections in the United States by 40% every year for more than a decade, researchers said today.

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