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Dec. 3 (UPI) -- More than 150,000 American are infected with HIV and don't know they have it, a new analysis has revealed, suggesting that testing and prevention services "have not reached enough Americans," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Tuesday. The latest CDC Vital Signs report has found that, as of 2017, more than 154,000 people across the country are HIV-positive and don't know their status because they haven't been tested for the virus. This new figure accounts for roughly 14 percent of all of those infected with the virus, and it may contribute to the "stalled" progress in reducing the number of new infections occurring across the country, officials noted. Based on these, and other, findings, achieving the Trump administration's stated goal of ending the...

Dec. 10 (UPI) -- More than 150,000 Iraqi children are unprepared for freezing temperatures that are on the way, the United Nations children's agency said Monday. Efforts are underway to find hard-to-reach families and supply them with winter clothing. Many are members of the Yazidi ethic group, who are internally displaced after years of war and violence. "Winters in Iraq are harsh. It rains and snows and temperatures can fall below zero in the northern part of the country, where a majority of Yazidi and other displaced children live. It impossible to afford fuel for heating and winter clothing to keep their children warm," UNICEF said in the report Monday. "The devastating floods have made this winter even more difficult for displaced children who are extremely vulnerable to hypothermia ...

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CDC: More than 150K people infected with HIV don’t know they have it

UNICEF concerned 150K Iraqi children unprepared for cold