SA: It's not often in the headlights these days but it's still a scourge

RG: HIV still exists 

SA: Dr. Rebecca Glassman runs the Ally Care Center at Westchester Medical Center she says her patients are living longer, in some cases decades. There are preventive medications too but the infection rate remains constant. More than 36,000 new cases in the U.S. annually. The Ally Center provides comprehensive care 

RG: Everybody living with HIV regardless of their immigration status, their employment status immediately has access to what's called the Age Drug Assistance Program that is fully comprehensive medical care that allows them to have all of the costs associated with their visits with me covered; as well as all laboratory and diagnostics it also covers all of their medications

SA: And that's not all 

RG: We also have a robust mental health team to address the co-morbid mental health issues that our patients are suffering from. We have medical case managers. They connect patients to insurance, other medical care, housing, food, transportation 

SA: More than 40 years after HIV and AIDs appeared in the United States the tide appears to be turning but the fight continues

RG: I have a lot of hope that in the lifetime of many of my patients we will see a cure but it's not where we would love it to be 

SA: At Westchester Medical Center Sean Adams WCBS 880 News