Since the early 1990s,the decline in the death rate from AIDS has slowed.Why?
A) drug treatments designed to treat AIDS can cause other fatal diseases
B) a change in the definition of AIDS
C) the incidence of homosexuality has started to increase again
D) HIV has developed resistance to many of the drug treatments

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The decline in the death rate from AIDS has slowed due to HIV developing resistance to many of the drug treatments. As HIV replicates itself, it creates mutations that can produce drug-resistant strains, making it harder to treat the virus. As a result, people with drug-resistant HIV have fewer treatment options and may have a lower chance of responding to therapy. This has contributed to the slower decline in the death rate from AIDS.

Since the Early 1990s,the Decline in the Death Rate from AIDS