LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES: AN OVERVIEW

HIV in the United States: An Overview

• The number of people living with HIV infection in the United States (HIV prevalence) is higher than ever before. CDC has estimated that more than 1 million (1,178,350) adults and adolescents were living with HIV infection in the United States at the end of 2008, the most recent year for which national prevalence estimates are available. This represents an increase of approximately 7% from the...

HIV in the United States: An Overview

• The number of people living with HIV infection in the United States (HIV prevalence) is higher than ever before. CDC has estimated that more than 1 million (1,178,350) adults and adolescents were living with HIV infection in the United States at the end of 2008, the most recent year for which national prevalence estimates are available. This represents an increase of approximately 7% from the...

HIV in the United States: An Overview

• The number of people living with HIV infection in the United States (HIV prevalence) is higher than ever before. CDC has estimated that more than 1 million (1,178,350) adults and adolescents were living with HIV infection in the United States at the end of 2008, the most recent year for which national prevalence estimates are available. This represents an increase of approximately 7% from the...

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...

Legal Medicine in the United States