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HIV and TB updates from southeastern Indiana

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Indiana health officials released the following updates on the TB and HIV situations in Clark County and Scott County, respectively: State and county health officials are investigating a confirmed case...

Indiana HIV outbreak update: Addiction treatment a tool in the response

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The Indiana State Department of Health in an update today reports that the number of cases in the HIV outbreak to be at 155 (154 confirmed and one preliminary positive). In addition to HIV testing,...

Indiana HIV outbreak now at 149 cases, ‘You Are Not Alone’ campaign on I-65

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Indiana health officials reported Tuesday that the number of HIV cases in the southeastern Indiana outbreak has reached 149 (146 confirmed and 3 preliminary positive cases). The extension on the executive...

Pence extends public health emergency as HIV cases hit 134 in Scott County

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Governor Mike Pence today signed Executive Order 15-06, which extends the public health emergency in Scott County due to an unprecedented outbreak of HIV. The original public health emergency was declared...

Indiana reports two dozen additional HIV cases in past week

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The number of cases in the HIV outbreak in southeastern Indiana has now reached 130 (120 confirmed and 10 preliminary positive cases), State health officials reported today.  This is an increase of 24...

Indiana HIV outbreak tops 100 cases

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The number of confirmed and preliminary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases have topped 100 in southeastern Indiana, health officials reported Thursday. Specifically, there have been a total of 106...

Indiana: Needle exchange program in Scott County began this weekend

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In a follow-up to the ongoing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreak in southeastern Indiana, the needle exchange program in Scott County began Saturday in an effort to curb the outbreak in Scott...

Jackson County, IN: ‘There is a significant increase in hepatitis C’

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As a result of increased HIV testing in southeastern Indiana due to the large outbreak of the viral disease linked to injectable drug use, health officials in Jackson County say there is a significant...

Indiana HIV outbreak up to 81 cases; Actions taken to stem the outbreak

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State health officials reported today a total of 81 HIV positive tests, which includes 74 confirmed and 7 preliminary cases related to the outbreak in southeastern Indiana. Oral fluid HIV tests (swab in...

HIV outbreak: Public health emergency declared in Scott County; ‘This is an epidemic’

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In a follow-up to a earlier report on the HIV outbreak in Indiana, Governor Mike Pence today declared a public health emergency in Scott County due to an outbreak of HIV that has reached epidemic proportions....