KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service Program allows drug users to exchange dirty syringes used to ...

Last week, Congress took an important step in the fight against HIV/AIDS with a historic vote on syringe exchange programs. On July 25, the House voted to remove the ban on providing federal funding ...

Evergreen Health Services’ syringe-exchange program has started in Jamestown. Kimberly Lombard, Evergreen Health Services senior director of grants management and quality, said the program stared in ...

Auburn councilors heard from state officials about syringe safety programs during their meeting Monday as the council looks into creating an ordinance to govern how they might operate in the city.

As we now know, addiction is not a choice, but a medical condition and living with it can be tragic in itself. Adding in the risk of blood-borne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B/C (acquired by ...

As Indiana officials struggled to contain an outbreak of HIV among people who injected drugs, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly followed the urgings of public health officials and cleared the way for ...

Experts say Rochester's bid to restrict needle exchanges in response to residents who complain will make the city's drug ...

Jackson’s quick wit and wry smile are both an asset and a detriment. They serve as a reminder of the amazing resilience of human beings but distract from the socio-political realities embodied by his ...

In 2015, a rural HIV outbreak in Indiana exploded into national headlines. More than 230 people in Scott County, primarily in the small town of Austin, were diagnosed with HIV, making it the largest ...