HIV outbreak

Brooke Parker, an organizer with the group Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, displays an HIV testing kit in Charleston, W.Va., in March. Outbreaks of HIV/AIDS are expected to rise as resources have been redirected to the fight against COVID-19 — de

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Strides Against HIV/AIDS In The U.S. Falter As Resources Diverted To Fight COVID-19

2:41pm April 21, 2021

by Sarah Varney

Experts fear steep declines in testing and diagnoses mean more people will contract HIV and die of AIDS. The problem is particularly acute in the South, the epicenter of the nation's HIV crisis.

Ethan Howard was among 235 people in the southern Indiana community of Austin, Ind., to be infected with HIV in an outbreak that hit in 2015. It was fueled by injection drug use.

Health & Safety

5 Years After Indiana's Historic HIV Outbreak, Many Rural Places Remain At Risk

9:42am February 16, 2020

by Laura Ungar

Fewer than a third of the 220 counties deemed by the federal government as vulnerable to similar outbreaks have active syringe exchange programs which can stop the spread of the infection.