The Centers for Disease Control announced this week that 56,300 people in the U.S. have AIDS, a significantly higher figure than the 40,000 people previously estimated. The Wall Street Journal’s Marilyn Chase flags that the racial disparity in who gets AIDS is more stark then ever: black people are 7 times more at risk than white people.

Can the federal government do something about this? Well, liberal House member Henry A. Waxman (D-Ca.) used the report to point out that CDC is getting 19 percent less funding since 2002. Also, it may be another sign that the Bush administration’s domestic and international emphasis on abstinence-only education is unworkable policy.-MB

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