
. AIDS.GOV SERVICE LOCATOR SEARCH BLOG.AIDS.GOV MENU About Policies Programs Research New Media Global blog.aids.gov HIV Policy Programs . Research . New . Media Translate Text Size Print E-mail HIV Among Youth in the U.S . Protecting a Generation November 27, 2012 1 comment By Kevin Fenton , M.D . Ph.D . FFPH , Director , National Center for HIV AIDS , Viral Hepatitis , STD , and TB Prevention , CDC , CDC_DrFenton Dr . Kevin Fenton In the latest edition of Vital Signs released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today , we reported that one in four new HIV infections in the United States were among young people between the ages of 13 and 24. That is about 12,000 youth , or about 1,000 per month , were infected with HIV in 2010. According to the Vital Signs edition of the