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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Louisville needle swap aims to stop repeat of nearby HIV, hepatitis C outbreaks

A trio of deadly afflictions is ripping through a rural county in southern Indiana.

More than 130 patients in Scott County, Ind., tested positive for HIV in less than a year, making the community of about 24,000 people the site of one of the worst outbreaks in decades.

Among the infected are 114 who also tested positive for another blood-borne disease — hepatitis C, which attacks the liver.

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