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The outbreak required emergency action by state officials. [6] When the outbreak was first detected there were 30 HIV cases in a town that had, up until this point, only had 3 cases over several decades. [7] After 29 days, by the time Governor Mike Pence determined a course of action, the number of HIV cases had skyrocketed to 79. In response ...
In late 2014 and early 2015, 17 HIV infections arising from Scott County initiated an Indiana Department of Health investigation that would result in the state declaring a public health emergency. The outbreak was fueled in part to intravenous drug use resulting from the opioid epidemic compounded by poor access to HIV testing. [18]
Jul. 30—SOUTHERN INDIANA — A local doctor who has worked on the frontlines of a devastating opioid epidemic and HIV outbreak in Scott County wants to bring awareness of the disparities ...
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Scottsburg is a city within Vienna Township and the county seat of Scott County, [4] in the U.S. state of Indiana, about 30 miles (48 km) north of Louisville, Kentucky. The population of Scottsburg was 7,345 at the 2020 census.
HIV rates have been decreasing in the region: From 2010 to 2020, new infections in eastern and southern Africa fell by 38%. [8] Still, South Africa has the largest population of people with HIV of any country in the world, at 8.45 million, [11] 13.9% [12] of the population as of 2022.
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