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Why have HIV transmission rates stayed the same for decades?

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Why have HIV transmission rates stayed the same for decades?

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It's difficult to get people to change behaviors that increase their risk of infection. Henry Masur, MD, chief of the National Institute of Health's critical care medicine department, talks about the barriers to eradicating HIV.

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