As Maine’s HIV and Hepatitis C Outbreak Grows, So Do Local Efforts to Combat It

POZ ^ | Nov 25, 2025 | Trent Straube

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bout two years ago, an HIV outbreak was first identified in Penobscot County, Maine, home of Bangor. In recent weeks, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed another case, bringing the total of new HIV diagnoses in the cluster to 30.

Of note, 29 of those people were coinfected with hepatitis C virus; 29 reported injection drug use within a year of their HIV diagnoses; 27 have been unhoused within a year of diagnoses; 20 were linked to care within 30 days of diagnoses; and 16 of the 27 people currently living in Maine were virally suppressed at their last test.

The outbreak has been fueled by the Trump administration’s war against homelessness and drug use—local harm reduction programs were shuttered, and a homeless encampment has been cleared.

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KEYWORDS: aids; disease; hiv; homosexualagenda; maine; tds

[Secret Agent Man]

Collins is a liberal, regardless of party, and shes been an installed fixture there for decades. Maine has been a liberal progressive place for a good while.

[hal ogen]

Hey Mainers...stop b f’ing, stop sharing needles and stop being self-destructive nitwits. Or don’t and get various illnesses and maybe die.

[Bigg Red]

::These people are shamelessly ignorant.::

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Ignorance could possibly be excused. These “journalists” are evil. They are counting on having an uninformed populace believing their lies.

[PeterPrinciple]

About 1.2 million people are living with HIV in the United States, and it’s estimated that about 13% of them don’t know they are positive. What’s more, nearly 40% of new HIV cases are transmitted by people who don’t they are HIV positive.

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from the article.

they don’t care, we don’t care..............................