Unprotected Sex Rises Among Gay Men in U.S., CDC Reports
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A study from U.S. health officials found a 20 percent rise in unprotected sex among gay men, with sexual risk highest for those who haven’t been tested for HIV.
An analysis of data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 20 major U.S. cities found that the number of men who reported having unprotected anal sex in the past year rose in 2011 from 2005. Men who didn’t know they were HIV positive were more than twice as likely to have sex with someone who wasn’t infected, compared with those who knew their HIV status, the report found.