Obama urges Americans get tested for HIV

"While its impacts are not evenly spread -- infection rates are particularly high among gay and bisexual men, African Americans and Latinos -- when one of our fellow citizens becomes infected with HIV every nine-and-a-half minutes, the epidemic affects all Americans," he said.
Obama noted that of the estimated 1.15 million people infected with HIV in the United States, more than 230,000 -- one in five -- do not know they are infected.
The US president last month unveiled a plan to commit 63 billion dollars over six years to battle chronic global health crises, including AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, a continuation of a landmark initiative launched by his predecessor George W. Bush.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------