Cluster Of Opioid-Linked HIV Cases Could Be Canary In Coalmine For Epidemic Officials Have Been Watching For

The latest swell in HIV cases in West Virginia appears to be among the largest since an outbreak in Indiana’s Scott County four years ago. “The ground is fertile,” said Judith Feinberg, a professor of behavioral medicine and infectious diseases. “This is the nightmare everyone is worried about.” In other news on the opioid epidemic: doctors' prescription habits, fentanyl crossing the border, and more.

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