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1 Ιουν 2021 · Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted to shutter the syringe exchange widely credited with containing...
9 Δεκ 2016 · AUSTIN, Ind. -- The rural community of Scott County, approximately an hour and a half south of Indianapolis, made international news when public health officials discovered an HIV outbreak the likes of which nobody had ever seen.
2 Ιουν 2021 · A rural southern Indiana county that was the epicenter of the state’s worst-ever HIV outbreak driven by intravenous drug use is poised to end its needle exchange program despite warnings that doing so could lead to increased disease risk.
3 Ιουν 2021 · After an outbreak of HIV in Indiana due to drug abuse and addicts sharing infected needles, former Gov. Mike Pence launched the needle exchange program in 2015. It marked the first time the state provided addicts with clean needles.
29 Μαΐ 2021 · Five years ago, to curb the worst HIV outbreak in the U.S., rural Scott County Indiana approved a needle exchange so drug abusers had access to clean needles. Now, it may close the exchange.
1 Ιουν 2021 · Updated June 3, 2021 at 11:24 AM ET. In 2015, Indiana’s rural Scott County found itself in the national spotlight when intravenous drug use and sharing needles led to an outbreak of HIV. Mike Pence, who was Indiana’s governor at the time, approved the state’s first syringe exchange program in the small manufacturing community 30 minutes ...
2 Ιουν 2021 · AUSTIN, Ind. — The Southern Indiana county once home to America’s worst drug-fueled HIV outbreak voted Wednesday to scrap the syringe exchange program credited with halting the epidemic.
