(ATLANTA) The number of HIV tests and people diagnosed with the virus dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new federal data. The report, published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at data from two commercial laboratories and found decreases during the first half of 2020. Between April and
New CDC data showed the number of HIV tests performed during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic dropped by one-third compared to the same period in 2019.
Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images(ATLANTA) The number of HIV tests and people diagnosed with the virus dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according
Bronx county has the country's fifth-highest rate of HIV diagnosis-;but the lowest rate in New York State for use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medications that are extremely effective in preventing HIV infection.