New York City health department officials are concerned after recently released data showed a slight uptick in HIV cases – which comes as the federal government proposes cutting funding to HIV treatment and prevention programs.

According to the city’s annual HIV surveillance report , which was released last week, 1,791 people were diagnosed with HIV in 2024, representing a 5.4% increase from 2023. That comes on the heels of a 6.9% increase from 2022 to 2023. The data also highlighted continuing racial and socioeconomic disparities in the populations most affected by the disease across the five boroughs.

“In the last three decades, we’ve made immense progress toward ending the HIV epidemic in New York City, with new diagnoses down more than 70% since 2001,” said acting Health Commission

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