On World AIDS Day, focus is on high HIV rates for LI's blacks, Latinos

Nearly 100 Hempstead-area residents on Sunday, along with officials from nonprofits throughout the county and others, celebrated the lives of those living with HIV, and those who have died of AIDS-related complications, at the fourth annual World AIDS Day commemoration at the African American Museum of Nassau County in Hempstead. They also talked about how to stop the transmission of HIV, and to help HIV-positive people live better lives. Credit: Howard Simmons