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Commissioner urges Miami-Dade committee to hold hearing on rising HIV diagnoses
Summary
Senator Garcia asked a Miami-Dade County commission committee to hold a fact-finding hearing on a recent increase in HIV diagnoses, saying new cases are concentrated in Black and Hispanic communities and that women are being diagnosed at higher rates.
Senator Garcia asked a Miami-Dade County commission committee to hold a fact-finding hearing on a recent increase in HIV diagnoses, saying new cases are concentrated in Black and Hispanic communities and that women are being diagnosed at higher rates.
The request came during a brief committee meeting in which no public speakers registered. Garcia said the issue had been raised at a prior county commission meeting and asked the committee to convene a hearing with the Florida Department of Health to develop recommendations.
"I ask that maybe through this board, through this committee, we could hold maybe a hearing to come up with some recommendations as to what we should be doing…
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