The face of AIDS in America is rapidly changing: It is getting older and grayer. Thanks to the medications that have prolonged the lives of so many with this disease, within the next five years, more than half of all Americans with HIV will be 50 or older. But the graying of HIV is not just a matter of longer lifespans; older Americans are at far higher risk of HIV infection than they may be aware of. Around one in six new HIV diagnoses is an adult aged 50 or older. In 2009 alone, nearly one quarter of all new HIV diagnoses were in that demographic. In addition, the available data clearly documents that the HIV epidemic has disproportionately affected men who have sex with men, people of color, and transgender people — of all ages, including elders.
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