What to know
Summary
CDC published new national data today showing slight improvements in HIV care and treatment outcomes in the United States, while highlighting continued need for expanded testing, prevention, and treatment efforts.
In 2024, among those newly diagnosed with HIV, 83% were linked to care within one month, relatively the same as 2023. Timely linkage to care is critical so that people can immediately start lifesaving HIV treatment and live long, healthy lives.
More than 1 in 5 people (22%) diagnosed with HIV in 2024 had AIDS, the latest and most severe stage of HIV infection. This shows that too many people are being diagnosed too late and underscores the need to improve the reach of HIV testing in the nation. With early diagnosis and highly effective treatment, a person with HIV can stay healthy, never develop AIDS, and if virally suppressed, will not transmit HIV through sex.
Viral suppression among all people with HIV increased slightly from 67% in 2023 to 69% in 2024. Despite incremental progress in recent years, these care outcomes are still well below national goals to end HIV in the United States.
With more than 1.2 million Americans estimated to be living with HIV and nearly 39,000 diagnoses in 2024 alone, HIV remains a public health priority. Ending the HIV epidemic will require accelerated efforts to get the latest innovations in HIV testing, treatment, and prevention into the hands of everyone who needs them.
CDC is the nation's lead HIV prevention agency and works with health departments and community organizations across the country to focus on testing and early diagnosis, rapid linkage to care, sustained viral suppression, preventing new infections, and outbreak detection and response. In addition to funding integrated HIV surveillance and prevention activities nationwide, CDC is leading accelerated prevention efforts in 57 priority jurisdictions as part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative.
For more information, visit cdc.gov/hiv.