Between 2012 and 2020, new HIV cases in Oregon were generally declining, according to data from the Oregon Health Authority. But in recent years, the trend has headed in the opposite direction. What’s behind the change? How have attitudes shifted around HIV more recently? We dig into these details with Dean Sidelinger, health officer and state epidemiologist for OHA.
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