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Houston's HIV infection rate is nearly twice the national average, according to figures the city health department cited Monday as its most accurate estimate ever. In 2006, about 1,700 Harris County residents became HIV-positive. "In one year, one in 2,000 Houstonians becomes infected with HIV," said Dr. Tom Giordano, medical director at the Harris County Hospital District's Thomas Street Health Center, which treats about 4,000 HIV patients a year. "That's a pretty alarming... (continue reading)