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As December 1, 2007, World AIDS Day approaches, we must be vigilant about the AIDS epidemic not only in other countries, but in the U.S. as well.

City Officials in the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), recently released a report which indicates that D.C. has the highest rate of AIDS infection of any city in the country, nearly twice that of New York, and the disease is being transmitted to infants, older adults, women and heterosexual men at an epidemic pace.

The report estimates that one in 20 city residents is estimated to have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and 1 in 50 have AIDS.

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