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By Deborah Creighton Skinner | Published June 25, 2010 | Full size is 708 × 232 pixels

Every nine and a half minutes someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. African Americans make up only 12% of the U.S. population, yet account for as estimated 45% of new HIV infections adn 49% of newly diagnosed AIDS cases as of 2008, according to the CDC. African American youth accounted for more than 50% of all HIV infections among people ages 13-24. Learn more at I Know, a campaign that focuses on encouraging young African Americans to talk about HIV. Text your zip code to "knowit" for a testing site near you.

Every nine and a half minutes someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. African…

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