Articles tagged as: HIV
March 28, 2016
Indiana Counties Must Fund Needle Exchanges Without State Help
Indiana lawmakers banned state funding from going to the programs that provide intravenous drug users with clean syringes.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2016
Four New Cases Diagnosed In HIV Outbreak
The Indiana State Department of Health says they've diagnosed four new cases of HIV linked to the Scott County outbreak, bringing the total number of people affected to 188.
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2016
IU School Of Medicine Will Study HIV Treatment In Scott County
The two-year, $200,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will be supplemented by funding from the IU School of Medicine.
Read MoreDecember 18, 2015
Cost Of Treatments Connected With Indiana's HIV Outbreak Could Hit $58 Million
Since the outbreak started last year, the state health department says 184 people have been diagnosed with HIV.
Read MoreNovember 6, 2015
Indiana State Department Of Health Department To Retest Hundreds For HIV
The Centers for Disease Control will send 10 disease intervention specialists to Indiana to help with the testing.
Read MoreJuly 28, 2015
Madison County Launching Needle-Exchange Next Week
The needle-exchange program will start next Wednesday and rotate between four sites in hopes of reducing the spread of hepatitis C among IV drug users.
Read MoreJuly 23, 2015
Indiana State Epidemiologist Says HIV Outbreak Has Peaked
The outbreak centered in the town of Austin in Scott County. The number of cases more than doubled to 153 from late to mid-May and at the outbreak's height as many as 22 new cases were diagnosed weekly. Now it's down to one or two per week.
Read MoreJuly 22, 2015
Clark County Considering Needle Exchange
Clark County Public Health Officer, Dr. Kevin Burke has already declared a public health emergency. He says the county's HIV and Hepatitis C rates are 25 to 30 percent higher than the state average.
Read MoreJuly 6, 2015
Third County Weighs Needle Exchange
Wayne County Health Department Director Eric Coulter told the County Council last week that the department's board is moving closer to asking the state health commissioner to approve a needle exchange for the county under the law that legislators approved this spring.
Read MoreJune 23, 2015
Getting Right: An HIV Outbreak Spurs Change in Austin, Indiana
Ravaged by one of the worst outbreaks of HIV in recent history and an underlying epidemic of injection drug addiction, a small rural community of Austin is changing fast as it grapples with the fallout of the crisis.
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