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Ryan Burns / Today @ 3:22 p.m. / Health Care
Amid Unprecedented Outbreak of HIV and Syphilis, Health Professionals Urge Precaution, Testing
Back in May the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services sounded the alarm over an explosion in the number of new HIV diagnoses in Humboldt County, and the trend has only continued.
Barely halfway through the year, Humboldt County has seen 11 new HIV cases diagnosed. For comparison?s sake, the annual average over the previous five years was just three cases. With similar spikes in chlamydia, gonorrhea and especially syphilis, Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Donald Baird called the STD outbreak ?unprecedented.?...
Ryan Burns / Today @ 3:22 p.m. / Health Care
Amid Unprecedented Outbreak of HIV and Syphilis, Health Professionals Urge Precaution, Testing
Back in May the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services sounded the alarm over an explosion in the number of new HIV diagnoses in Humboldt County, and the trend has only continued.
Barely halfway through the year, Humboldt County has seen 11 new HIV cases diagnosed. For comparison?s sake, the annual average over the previous five years was just three cases. With similar spikes in chlamydia, gonorrhea and especially syphilis, Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Donald Baird called the STD outbreak ?unprecedented.?...