Article: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DIRECTOR, FAUCI, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING AND JACK WHITESCARVER, DIRECTOR, HODES, NIH OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH, DIRECTOR, WHITESCARVER, ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON NATIONAL HIV/AIDS, AGING AWARENESS DAY SEPT. 18

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following press release:

HIV/AIDS began its deadly course in the United States mostly as a disease of young men, but today the epidemic touches people of all ages, including adults aged 50 and older. On September 18, the first National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, we pause to recognize the importance of preventing HIV infection in this age group and understanding and addressing the unique health effects of the virus on older Americans.

Thanks to the advent of potent, multi-drug therapy against HIV in the mid-1990s, many HIV-infected Americans are living into their 50s ...

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