HIV infections level off at 'worrying' 2.5 mn a year: study Some 2.5 million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year even as drugs have slashed the death rate and patients live longer than ever, a global AIDS study said Tuesday. Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and founding executive director of UNAIDS, said the figure was "staggering" and "means that AIDS is not over". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of the International Aids conference press conference