New HIV cases on the Navajo Nation. Image from The Farmington Daily Times.
The Indian Health Service continues to see an increase in new HIV cases on the Navajo Nation, The Farmington Daily reports. In 2012, the IHS saw 49 new cases of HIV infection on the reservation. That was up from 39 new cases in 2011, 35 cases in 2010 and 40 cases in 2009. "They're catching it on the reservation and in the border towns," Jonathan Iralu, the chief clinical consultant for infectious diseases at Gallup Indian Medical Center in New Mexico, told the paper. In 1999, only 10 cases of HIV infection were reported on the reservation. Get the Story:
Reported HIV cases spike on Navajo Nation (The Farmington Daily Times 5/6)
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