evidence: AUSTIN, Ind. -- The rural community of Scott County, approximately an hour and a half south of Indianapolis, made international news when public health officials discovered an HIV outbreak the likes of which nobody had ever seen. [...] News of the HIV outbreak in Scott County broke in early 2015. The sparsely staffed health department there had never handled HIV cases before then. Instead, the regional Sexually Transmitted Diseases Department in Clark County had handled all cases of HIV. The system made sense at the time. [...] PREVIOUS | Gov. Pence declares public health emergency over HIV outbreak