HIV outbreak hits southern Indiana

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Source: http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/n...5d59c1466.html

4 new HIV cases diagnosed in Indiana outbreak, total now 188
Posted: Monday, February 1, 2016 5:39 pm

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? The Indiana State Department of Health says four more people have tested positive for HIV in an area of southern Indiana that has been the center of the worst outbreak in state history.

State officials said Monday that the total number of cases is now 188. Officials say the newly diagnosed cases were identified as people who are contacts of cases previously identified in the outbreak...

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Source: http://wfpl.org/one-year-later-scott-county/

A Year After Outbreak, Indiana County Still Struggles With HIV, Drugs
By Ja'Nel Johnson
Health
April 4, 2016

It?s been a year since the Indiana State Department of Health declared a public health emergency in Scott County, Indiana, after dozens of people were diagnosed HIV-positive. The outbreak was related to intravenous use of a drug called Opana.

The number of confirmed HIV cases in the county is nearly 200, including 16 new cases since July.

WFPL News recently caught up with a few people who were at the heart of providing much-needed health services to people in Austin. Here?s what they have to say about life in Scott County a year later...

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Source: http://cbs4indy.com/2016/04/11/epice...rom-190-cases/


Epicenter of southern Indiana HIV outbreak recovers from 190 cases
Posted 1:52 pm, April 11, 2016, by Kylee Wierks - Web Producer, Updated at 05:22pm, April 11, 2016

4 Fast Facts

Austin, Indiana is considered the epicenter of an HIV outbreak in southern Indiana.
There are 188 confirmed HIV cases.
A state health commissioner says the HIV outbreak is a result of the all-time high levels of intravenous drug use.
The health commissioner says people in small rural cities resort to drug abuse because of ?high unemployment, lower incomes and a lack of education.?

SCOTT COUNTY, Ind. (April 11, 2016) ? A southeastern Indiana county is receiving national attention for its outrageously high number of HIV cases.

The outbreak has been linked to shared needles among injection drug users, and in order to slow the outbreak, state officials began a needle exchange program in Scott County on April 4, 2015...