In today’s rundown: The HIV/AIDS rate in the District remains the highest in the country. Single mothers are more prone to poor health. College tuition skyrockets while incomes stagnate, making it more difficult for kids from low and middle-income families to go to college.
— The rate of HIV/AIDS in the District remained high for the third year in a row, reports The Washington Post, although there has been a decline in new cases. The report cited by the Post also found that two-thirds of all diagnoses of chlamydia and gonorrhea were among residents under the age of 24.
— Single mothers suffer have more health risks, according to The New York Times. The paper cites a report that found that middle-aged women who were single when they had their first child have more health risks than mothers who were married when they had their first child. Unmarried women account for 40 percent of births in the United States.
— Low and middle-income families are having a harder time paying for college, says CNN.com. The costs of college continue to rise quickly, which incomes are barely moving. Tuition and fees at public universities have gone up 130 percent in the past two decades.
