AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES AIDS is a major concern here in the United States, as well as it is around the world. Geographers are researching the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout the world. In the world approximately twenty one point eight million have died from either disease, and another thirty-six point one million are currently infected with HIV/AIDS. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Most cases …showed first 75 words of 855 total…

…showed last 75 words of 855 total…in the United States but also all over the world. Scientists are coming up with new vaccines to stop these diseases from spreading. Right now the most HIV/AIDS problems are in the large cities, New York, China, Las Angeles, San Francisco. But as every thing else does, these diseases will filter down to the smaller cities and eventually to towns. Hopefully technology can stop or at least slow the spread of AIDS/HIV down.