UN says HIV infection rates are slowing

A record number of adults worldwide are dying of Aids, even as infection rates appear to be slowing and drugs to fight the disease are becoming more available. United Nations officials say in the annual report from UNAids that women in greater numbers than ever are being infected with HIV, or dying of illnesses related to the disease. But in an otherwise gloomy assessment of the status of Aids around the world, the agency instilled a touch of optimism by saying the rate of HIV infections is still increasing, but not on as massive a scale as has been seen over the past 15 years.