White House Honors World AIDS Day
By: Stephanie Castillo
Updated: December 1, 2011
Today the White House is putting up a red ribbon on the front to mark World AIDS Day.
President Obama will take part in a panel discussion on the disease at George Washington University.
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will join via satellite also.
The Centers for Disease Control estimates more than 33-million people worldwide are currently infected with the HIV virus.
Approximately 50-thousand Americans become infected with the potentially deadly virus each year.
President Obama will take part in a panel discussion on the disease at George Washington University.
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will join via satellite also.
The Centers for Disease Control estimates more than 33-million people worldwide are currently infected with the HIV virus.
Approximately 50-thousand Americans become infected with the potentially deadly virus each year.
