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CREDIT: AP Photo/David Goldman Since the mid-2000s, black women and girls have borne the weight of Chicago’s HIV epidemic, accounting for more than 70 percent of new cases even though they represent less than 40 percent of the city’s female population. The disparities persist to this day — due in part to health officials’ failure to tailor treatment and prevention options to the troubled group, health experts speculate.

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