Study: HIV rates drop, still did not meet goal

New figures find fewer people are becoming infected with HIV in the U.S, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Pennsylvania.

The number of new HIV infections recorded annually reportedly decreased by an estimated 11 percent between 2010 to 2015. At that same time, transmission rate decreased by an estimated 17 percent.

Despite this progress, experts note the U.S. still fell short of goals outlined by the national HIV and AIDS strategy released by the Obama administration in 2010.

The strategy called for a 25 percent reduction and 30 percent reduction in the rate of transmission.

Researchers say the focus now is to ensure communities most disproportionately affected by HIV are equipped with the proper resources.