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Young adults in Boston make up the majority of the city’s COVID-19 cases, according to Mayor Marty Walsh in a press conference Friday. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Young people drive Boston COVID-19 uptick

Allison Pirog October 5, 2020
After Boston entered the COVID-19 red zone Wednesday, Mayor Marty Walsh said in a press conference Friday that younger adults have contributed the most coronavirus cases to the city.
Since November 2018, Boston public health officials have diagnosed six new cases of HIV in the city among people injecting drugs. COURTESY OF PUBLICDOMANPICTURES.NET

HIV outbreak occurs among Boston drug users

Mia Ping-Chieh Chen February 1, 2019
Public health officials have diagnosed six new HIV infections in the city among people who have injected drugs since November 2018 — the majority of which occurred in January, according to an advisory from the Boston Public Health Commission and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
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