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24 Apr, 2015

HIV outbreak worsens

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HIV heath press conferenceThe CDC reports that the HIV outbreak that has been going on in Indiana since December is growing. Officials:

The outbreak has been ongoing since mid-December. As of Friday, 142 people have tested positive for HIV, with 136 confirmed cases and six more with preliminary positive test results, all in rural Scott and Jackson counties. This is a huge number of cases for an area that has a population of only a few thousand people.