Indiana’s syringe exchange programs are poised to continue for another five years as both legislative chambers have now supported extending those efforts aimed at stemming the spread of disease among ...

The Indiana House added several restrictions to the state's syringe exchange programs, but the bill's authors are just ...

As Burlington contends with a worsening drug crisis, city councilors are looking for ways to address one of its most visible symptoms: syringe litter. Burlington city councilors on Monday unanimously ...

Carrie O’Brien, Safer Steps Program Manager for the Damien Center is photographed in the pharmacy at the Center on Wednesday, ...

The Trump administration decided that it will no longer observe World AIDS Day. This is in contrast to the historical federal recognition of World AIDS Day under both Republican and ...

LOWELL — Do syringe service programs, where persons who inject drugs can access sterile needles and syringes, belong near schools and parks and other areas that attract families and children? And does ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The California Department of Public Health has approved the mobile Orange County Needle Exchange program to operate in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Orange and Santa Ana. The program ...

Will Rochester crack down on needle exchange programs to the point they aren't effective? Advocates are concerned as officials agreed to learn more.

Researchers and advocates are calling for needle exchange programs to be introduced in prisons to help combat the risks of ...

A needle exchange program in Sanford, Maine, is pausing operations for one year due to public health and safety concerns. The agreement is a compromise between the city, the nonprofit Maine Access ...

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For Indiana’s syringe exchange programs to survive, they might face new restrictions that public health advocates say will undercut efforts to help intravenous drug abusers kick their addictions.