SF sees uptick in new HIV cases, especially among Black people and women

San Francisco saw a small increase in new HIV diagnoses last year, rising from an all-time low of 140 cases in 2023 to 146 cases in 2024, according to the latest HIV epidemiology annual report from the SF Department of Public Health, released Friday. The report shows an increase in diagnoses among Black people and women; in 2022, cases rose among Latinos.   “The increase from 140 to 146 is not alarming – it’s a similar number. But what we want to be seeing is an ongoing decline in HIV infections,” Dr. Stephanie Cohen, director of DPH’s STI/HIV Prevention Branch, told the Bay Area Reporter in an interview. “What this says to us is that we need even more thoughtful, strategic, and intensive efforts to reach those who are still acquiring HIV to get to our Getting to Zero goals.”   The city's