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In 30 years, progress on HIV, but many are still untreated

A survey of HIV-infected individuals in Massachusetts suggests that fewer than 60 percent received treatments within the first month after their diagnosis and that 16 percent still hadn’t received any treatment within a year of being diagnosed. That comes on the heels of a federal report earlier this week suggesting that 20 percent of those infected with HIV don’t even know they are.

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