Politics Are Tricky but Science Is Clear: Needle Exchanges Work
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Photo For decades, public health experts have known that syringe exchange programs reduce the spread of certain viral…
Photo For decades, public health experts have known that syringe exchange programs reduce the spread of certain viral…
Author Information (click to view) Monica S. Ruiz, PhD, MPH Assistant Research Professor Department of Prevention and Community…
If you want to know how a candidate will respond to social issues, you have to look at his past — and since Donald Trump doesn’t…
Author Information (click to view) Monica S. Ruiz, PhD, MPH Assistant Research Professor Department of Prevention and Community…
CONNERSVILLE, Indiana — On the morning of Nov. 18, in this rural town in eastern Indiana, Paula Maupin sat in a trailer in the…
An HIV prevention initiative will be launched in Scott County, Indiana, in an international effort to help control an outbreak…
An omnibus bill that included increased funding to reduce antibiotic resistance and support syringe service programs was passed…
The capacity of rural and suburban syringe service programs is limited compared with those established in urban areas…
SAN DIEGO — A needle exchange program launched amid an unprecedented HIV outbreak in southeastern Indiana significantly reduced…
Beginning in 1998, Washington, DC, wasn't permitted to use its funds to support needle exchanges. Changing that policy spared…
The needle exchange program in Washington, D.C., prevented 120 new cases of HIV infection in the span of 2 years — saving…