HIV rate of infection in St. Clair and Madison counties remains high

... It can be spread through sexual contact, needle sharing or from mother to child. A variety of factors have kept the HIV/AIDS epidemic from abating since it began 30 years ago, according to Jeffery Erdman with the Illinois Public Health Association. ...

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