HIV can affect anyone, no matter your age, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. But certain things make your risk go up.
About 1 out of 300 health care workers accidentally stuck with a needle from someone with HIV get infected.
Needle sharing is the second biggest risk for HIV. About 1 in 10 new HIV infections happen in people who inject drugs.
When you have HIV, your viral load is the amount of virus in your blood and body fluids.
If you're worried about HIV infection, you may wonder whether it's safe to have oral sex.
HIV has more negative effects for Black Americans than for other racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
HIV/AIDS doesn’t discriminate, but race does play a role in infection rates. Hispanic/Latino communities face high risks.
The number of American Indian and Alaska Native people diagnosed with HIV is proportional to the group’s U.S. population size.
The number of older people with HIV is growing.
More than 9 percent of transgender people have HIV, according to a 2019 report from the CDC.
Cases of HIV are typically concentrated in major cities, but health experts have seen more new diagnoses in rural areas.
Parents don't want to think that their child could get HIV. But they can, and avoiding the topic could end up harming them.
Doctors recommend all pregnant women get tested for HIV. Meds are available to prevent spreading virus to unborn babies.