THE AIDS virus is striking hardest in New York City today among young black men, a new survey has found, with 33% of gay or bisexual black men ages 23 to 29 testing positive for HIV. The study conducted by the city’s Health Department found that young black New Yorkers are experiencing a larger burden of the HIV infection. Only two percent of the city’s white gay men in the same age group were HIV-positive, while 14% of Hispanics were infected, the survey found. The Health Department surveyed 542 men who identified themselves as either gay or bisexual. Researchers said the men who tested positive in all racial groups tended to have had sex without condoms.
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