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CBC: HIV rates continue to rise in Manitoba: new report

March 2, 2018 — 

As CBC reports:

Manitoba has the second highest rate of new HIV cases in the country, behind Saskatchewan, according to the province’s latest figures….

Cases of HIV are up 47 per cent compared with 2014.

“That’s quite a concern,” said Keith Fowke, head of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba. “These numbers are too high. It’s unacceptable.”

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