With the advent of the antiretroviral drug Truvada, many people are getting comfortable living with HIV. Truvada, produced by Gilead Sciences, offers the first HIV and AIDS prevention pill. In the past, the official recommendation for HIV and AIDS prevention was abstinence and condom use. The pill is marketed to young gay men, persons in a relationship with an HIV infected partner and sex workers. There have been numerous reports on both heterosexual and homosexual persons taking Truvada and engaging in unprotected sex. But the facts do not lie. HIV and AIDS are ever-present throughout America. Here are the current HIV and AIDS rates according to the U.S. Census Department. The U.S. Census Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have separate databases for HIV surveillance:

HIV RATES Per 100,000/Cumulative number of cases

1 Miami, Florida 37.2/64,573

2 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 30.6 /4,565

3 Jacksonville, Florida 29.1/ 7,292

4 New York, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania 27/ 223,508

5 Washington, D.C.-Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia 26.6 /37,916

6 Columbia, South Carolina 23.5 /3,949

7 Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas 23.3/ 6,018

8 Orlando, Florida 23.3 /10,457

9 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana 23/ 9,941

10 Baltimore-Towson, Maryland 22.8/ 23,875

11 Jackson, Mississippi 22.2/ 2,881

12 San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 20 /24,126

13 Lakeland, Florida 18.9/ 2,210

14 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia 18.7/ 27,313

15 San Francisco, California 18.3/ 44,422

16 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida 17.4/ 13,135

17 San Antonio, Texas 12.3/5,892

18 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, North Carolina-South Carolina 15.7/ 4,123

19 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, Texas 15.1 /29,556

20 Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina 14.4/ 2,423

21 Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina 14.3/ 2,632

22 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, Tennessee 13.7/ 4,570

23 Fresno, California 13.5/ 1,829

24 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida 13.2/ 2,034

25 Columbus, Ohio 12.9 /3,966