HIV on Rise in Young Gay Men; Black Males' Infection Rate Especially High in Possible 'Resurgent Epidemic' From: The Washington Post | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: David Brown | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Young gay men are contracting the AIDS virus at a rate not seen in more than a decade, federal health officials reported yesterday.

Unveiled less than a week before the 20th anniversary of the first published description of AIDS, the new data suggest there may be a "resurgent epidemic" among gay men, the population in which the disease was originally found. Particularly troubling are the findings for young gay black men, whose annual rate of new infection is three times that of young g...