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Philadelphia’s HIV cases seemed to drop during the pandemic. Why health experts aren’t celebrating.

Fewer people were tested for HIV, and fewer people were able to access care while most city services were shut down at the beginning of the pandemic last March.

An OraQuick Advance HIV test is seen here in 2005. (PETER TOBIA/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
An OraQuick Advance HIV test is seen here in 2005. (PETER TOBIA/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)Read morePETER TOBIA / MCT