TRAVERSE CITY — Officials said HIV cases are rising in Northern Michigan-and the newest patients aren’t who you might expect.

At the Thomas Judd Care Center in Traverse City, practice manager Leanne Shannon said HIV cases have jumped sharply.

“We’ve seen a 214 % increase regionally, from a 5-year period to the previous 5- year period.”

Historically marginalized groups that include minorities, the LGBTQ community and low-income populations have often been at the center of the rise in HIV.

But that’s not where doctors have been seeing the newest cases pop up.

“Our new diagnosis were mid-40s to mid-60s,” said Shannon. “They were not people of color, they were people who were hetero-presenting and monogamous presenting. So, they didn’t necessarily fall into the thoughts of needing to be o

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