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Opinion Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Editorials, Opinion Pieces on 25 Years of AIDS - Kaisernetwork.org: "Several editorials and opinion pieces recently addressed the 25th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis in the U.S. Twenty five years after the first cases were diagnosed, AIDS-related illnesses now are the No. 1 cause of death worldwide among people ages 15 to 59. According to UNAIDS, about 40 million people worldwide are HIV-positive. In the U.S., one million people are HIV-positive, and 40,000 new cases are expected to be diagnosed this year, CDC reports. More than 500,000 people in the U.S. have died of AIDS-related causes since 1981(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 6/5). "