By KING-TV
The University of Washington's Department of Global Health announced Thursday that HIV diagnoses in King County are at their lowest levels in over 30 years.
The numbers of new HIV diagnoses in King County and Washington state are at their lowest levels since 1985 and 1998, respectively, according to new data from Washington state and Public Health-Seattle & King County.
In a region with increasing population, the declining HIV rates constitute great progress, said Joanne Stekler, an HIV/AIDS Physician for UW Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health.
But the public health success comes as other STDs are on the rise.
King County saw the number of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia cases rise from 2015-16, according to an October report from Seattle & King County Public Health.
Read more details in a UW Medicine article: