NYC's AIDS walk raises $6 million to fight disease

NEW YORK

Organizers said 45,000 people participated in the fundraising walk on Sunday.

The annual walk through /*Central Park*/ and the Upper West Side benefits /*Gay Men's Health Crisis*/ and 41 other organizations that provide food, housing and medical care to people with HIV and AIDS in the tri-state area.

Also on Sunday, U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner and New York State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried called on the federal Food and Drug Administration to approve the sale of over-the-counter rapid HIV test kits.

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