CDC: West Virginia HIV wave could be tip of the iceberg
JOHN RABY, Associated Press
FacebookTwitterEmail 8
1of8In this photo provided by Chad Cordell, signs for syringe returns are shown Saturday, March 6, 2021, at a nonprofit group s health fair in Charleston, W.Va. For years, West Virginia has had the nation s highest rate of drug overdose deaths. Now the state is wrestling with another, not entirely unrelated health emergency: a spike in HIV cases related to intravenous drug use. (Chad Cordell via AP)Chad Cordell/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8In this photo provided by Chad Cordell, Ron Gibbs, of Charleston Area Medical Center s Ryan White Program, offers health information at a table during a nonprofit group s health fair, Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. For years, West Virginia has had the nation s highest rate of drug overdose deaths. Now the state is wrestling with another, not entirely unrelated health emergency: a spike in HIV cases related to int
CDC: West Virginia HIV wave could be tip of the iceberg sfgate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfgate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
E-Mail
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) will host a special virtual event titled HIV in Rural America on March 18. During this event, researchers, state, and national health experts will discuss research presented in The Lancet s recent issue: HIV in the United States.
The event will kick off at 11:30 a.m. with brief research presentations from authors published in The Lancet issue with Sally Hodder, MD, WVCTSI director and associate vice president for clinical and translational research at WVU moderating. Presenters and topics include:
Patrick Sullivan, DVM, PhD (Emory University). Epidemiology of HIV in the USA: Epidemic Burden, Inequities, Context, and Responses
West Virginia is at its lowest level of COVID-19 cases since November. We also are ranked among the highest vaccination rates in the world. The Mountain State i
MORGANTOWN â West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming.
When health officials confirmed the first three cases of a COVID-19 variant in West Virginia late Friday, Feb. 19, they were not surprised. In fact, WVU researchers had, in recent weeks, already formed a partnership with colleagues at Marshall University and the Department of Health and Human Resources to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Utilizing an automated system and whole genome sequencing, the team â led by Peter Stoilov, Peter Perrotta and Ryan Percifield at WVU and Jim Denvir and Don Primerano at Marshall â is set to analyze hundreds of samples per week from across the state.