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October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Oct. 15 (TNSGra) -- West Virginia University issued the following story:
McDowell County--in the southern coalfields of West Virginia--is the second-most at-risk in the nation for an HIV outbreak related to drug injection. Neighboring Wyoming and Mercer Counties follow close behind. All three have some of the highest rates of acute hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the United States.
Dr. Gordon Smith, epidemiologist in the West Virginia Universit . . .
McDowell County--in the southern coalfields of West Virginia--is the second-most at-risk in the nation for an HIV outbreak related to drug injection. Neighboring Wyoming and Mercer Counties follow close behind. All three have some of the highest rates of acute hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the United States.
Dr. Gordon Smith, epidemiologist in the West Virginia Universit . . .