AIDS: Quick Facts
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Promising new HIV-prevention drug is hard to find where it's most needed, in places like Uganda
• Nov. 3, 2026, 3:06 AM ET (AP)
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| Also Known As | acquired immune deficiency syndrome • HIV Stage III • slim • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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- About one-third of all HIV-positive individuals are unaware that they have HIV.
- Conspiracy theorists have claimed that the US federal government created HIV and added it to various vaccines, such as for hepatitis B, smallpox, and polio.
- In 2016, there were five thousand new HIV infections every day.
- Some conspiracy theorists claim that HIV/AIDs does not exist and is a fabrication of either the pharmaceutical industry, scientists, or doctors.
- Over half of people living with HIV reside in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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