Press release: “Mayor Adrian M. Fenty today announced the first-ever data on HIV in the District of Columbia and updated AIDS statistics last reported five years ago. Released to coincide with events leading up to World AIDS Day this Saturday, December 1, the statistics show striking findings on the severity of the District’s epidemic. The Mayor also announced steps to reduce the number of children born with HIV, increase testing and earlier treatment for people before they get sick, and respond to the disproportionate impact on women and the African-American community…The District’s rate for newly reported AIDS cases is higher than rates in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Detroit and Chicago.”