D.C.'s AIDS epidemic may be slowing

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District makes the grade on HIV/AIDS fight (3-8-11)

Black residents post high HIV, AIDS rates despite drop (2-28-11)

The District could be turning a corner in its long struggle with HIV/AIDS as new cases have declined for two straight years, new data show.

The number of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in the District has dropped in a two-year span by nearly half to 755 cases in 2009, the most recent year for which the city said data is available. In 2007 there were 1,311 new cases, and 2008 marked the first annual decline in the city’s history, according to the D.C. Department of Health’s annual report on sexually transmitted diseases.