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African Americans In San Diego And Nationwide Still Have Highest HIV Infection Rate

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Megan Burke / News Editor

Published February 9, 2012 at 7:45 AM PST

This story was published more than 12 years ago.

This graphic, developed by www.colorlines.com uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DATA to illustrate how Black Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Used with permission.

HIV AIDS SAN DIEGO

African Americans In San Diego And Nationwide Still Have Highest HIV Infection Rate

GuestsLisa Cosby, Triage Nurse UC San Diego's Owens Clinic Acintia Wright, HIV Aids counselor at the San Ysidro Health Center, she is a mother of four who has been living with HIV since 1995

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans are the racial group most affected by the HIV/Aids virus. The rates of infection among blacks remain disproportionately high. Here in San Diego County, African Americans make up 5 percent of the population, but 13 percent of HIV cases. Community activists say raising awareness and talking about AIDS, once a taboo subject, is helping to bring down those numbers.

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Maureen Cavanaugh

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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Megan Burke

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Megan Burke is an Emmy-award winning news editor overseeing the environment, health, and racial justice and social equity reporting beats. Prior to her current role as editor, Megan spent more than a decade as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition, a daily radio news magazine and podcast. Other news production credits include KPBS Evening Edition, KPBS Roundtable, and San Diego’s DNA, a two-part documentary highlighting the region’s oldest traditions and culture using personal artifacts and oral histories of San Diegans.

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