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Looking for someplace to dump some excess cash? Let me suggest the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C.

Here's a exerpt from a recent article about the W-W Clinic:

WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC OFFERS COMMUNITY UPDATE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV

Clinic Likely to Confirm at Least One Percent of All New Infections in U.S. during 2008

WASHINGTON - Whitman-Walker Clinic highlighted new findings and trends in the fight against HIV based on its data from the first half of 2008:

~ The Clinic confirmed a total of 266 new HIV diagnoses, a 232 percent increase over the number of new diagnoses confirmed in the first half of 2007;

~ One-third of all newly-diagnosed patients have full-blown AIDS when they first seek care at the Clinic; and

~ New infections are primarily found in two groups—gay men and African-Americans—which track closely with recent Centers for Disease Control’s report on HIV incidence.

“Our experience mirrors the CDC’s findings, and we are seeing an increasing number of gay men and African-Americans with new HIV infections,” said Dr. Raymond Martins, chief medical officer for Whitman-Walker Clinic. “However, we have experienced more than a three-fold increase in the number of new HIV diagnoses for the first half of 2008 without an appreciable increase in HIV testing. These are troubling statistics that warrant more aggressive education, prevention and testing initiatives.”