‘Closer Look’ guests talk about the importance of using new tools to combat HIV/and AIDS

A view of sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is “Putting Ourselves to the Test: Achieving Equity to End HIV.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s estimated in the U.S. that 1.2 million people have  HIV and  1 in 7 of them don’t know they have it.

Data also suggests that in 2020, more than 30,000 people were diagnosed with the virus in the U.S.