article_snippet.sent: Indiana has seen a 'significant increase' in the number of cases of HIV more than two weeks into a short-term needle exchange program approved by Gov. Mike Pence, state health officials said on Friday.
article_snippet.sent: That's up from 106 last week, said the Indiana State Department of Health.
article_snippet.sent: Health officials who declared an epidemic last month have said Health officials who declared an epidemic last month expect the number of cases to rise as more people are tested.
article_snippet.sent: Combs, said the needle-exchange program had 'really picked up a lot this week,' in large part because a mobile unit has been traveling around neighborhoods seeking to get more IV drug users into the needle-exchange program. '
article_snippet.sent: How sustainable is that?' said Dr. Beth Meyerson, co-director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Health officials who declared an epidemic last month have said Health officials who declared an epidemic last month expect the number of cases to rise as more people are tested .
  