HIV in Indiana

Kelly Hans, executive director of Holding Space Recovery Project, used to work for Scott County's syringe exchange program. Today, she continues much of the same work and philosophy with Holding Space.

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Ten years after Scott County's historic HIV outbreak, locals dig deeper into root causes

Aubrey Wright

More than 230 people became infected with HIV in Indiana, worsened by delayed action from former Gov. Mike Pence. Experts and locals credit Indiana's first syringe exchange program for stopping the spread.  

Hana Fields, outreach manager for HOPE in Tulsa, Okla., bandages a patient's finger after taking a blood sample.

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Trump's policies could undermine the fight to end America's HIV epidemic

Melanie Evans

The White House budget proposal would roll back next year's federal HIV prevention funding to levels not seen since around 1987.

The analysis from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law looked at the risk of transmission associated with Indiana’s six criminalization laws. The report found the laws were based on outdated science on how HIV is transmitted.

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Report: Indiana HIV criminalization laws target actions with no risk of transmission

Abigail Ruhman

A new report shows most of the conduct targeted by Indiana’s HIV criminalization laws carry no risk of transmission. Advocates want lawmakers to use this information to modernize the laws around HIV in Indiana.