Dec. 1 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day.
According to Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services, recent estimates for the U.S. indicate that the HIV epidemic is much larger than previously assumed and that it is growing at alarming rates among certain individuals and communities.
Currently, the state has reached an all-time high with more than 6,500 people assumed to be living with HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin.
HIV has always been a part of UW student Ashlin Ware’s life.