Indianapolis — Governor Pence declared a public health emergency in March due to the recent HIV outbreak, which has reached epidemic proportions.
Indiana reports nearly 150 HIV cases, the largest outbreak in the state’s history. Four new cases reported since Friday.
Officials believe “needle-sharing” by drug addicts is largely to blame.
The outbreak mostly in Scott County, around 30 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky.
The human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive.
