HIV Cases Rise Among Out-of-School Youth in China, Report Shows

What’s new: China has reported an increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases among out-of-school youth over the past decade, as well as elderly men making up a greater proportion of new cases, according to latest statistics released in China CDC Weekly.

The country recorded 10,398 HIV/AIDS cases among out-of-school youth aged 15 to 24 in 2020, up from 8,579 a decade earlier, according to a Nov. 26 analysis published in the health and science publication by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.