Needle-sharing programs, also referred to as needle exchange or syringe services programs, are integral to public health efforts. These initiatives supply clean needles and syringes to individuals who ...

The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of injection drug users obtaining sterile needles through syringe services programs (SSPs), but greater access to these programs is ...

HealthDay News — The U.S. prescription drug abuse epidemic has increased the risk of HIV outbreaks in rural and suburban communities, where up to now the virus has posed little threat, according to a ...

A public health initiative in Hamilton County to reduce the spread of diseases through needle sharing reports a quarter of its client base travels down from Butler County. Libby Harrison, program ...

AUSTIN, Ind. (WDRB) -- For the past three years, the needle exchange in Scott County has been considered controversial. But the Center for Disease Control said it’s working, and needle sharing has ...

A new federal study shows that needle sharing plummeted in a small Indiana city after people who shoot up drugs began using a syringe exchange started in response to the largest drug-fueled HIV ...

Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted to shutter the syringe... Indiana Needle Exchange That Helped Contain A ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is ...

PORTSMOUTH – The current opioid epidemic could have a dark side that those struggling with the problem may not be considering. Addicts often use needles to inject the drugs they need, raising the risk ...

An expansion of a Denver law from the late nineties will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city. Denver Post via Getty Images An expansion of a Denver law from the late ’90s will ...

Having opioid withdrawal symptoms increases the odds that injection drug users will share needles or have a non-fatal overdose, new research suggests. For the study, the researchers questioned more ...

Needle-sharing among methamphetamine users in Fiji has triggered what experts are calling the world’s fastest-growing HIV ...