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CDC HIV funding priorities questioned

Preventing HIV infection among Latinos is a top priority, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the Latino community continues to battle for adequate resources and funding. Especially ā€œmales who have sex with malesā€ or ā€œMSMā€ā€”a term coined by epidemiologists in the 1990s to encompass men who engage in homosexual sex, regardless of their declared sexual orientation—and Transgender individuals.