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The HIV outbreak in Scott County five years ago prompted Indiana lawmakers to allow the creation of needle exchanges. The programs provide clean needles…
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Vice President Pence is now in charge of U.S. coronavirus response, prompting a look back at his health record as Indiana governor facing an HIV outbreak,…
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Five years ago, Indiana experienced one of the nation’s worst HIV outbreaks. Mike Pence was governor then, and he approved a needle exchange to keep the…
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Indiana’s ninth syringe exchange program was launched in Marion County. A sharp increase in the number of hepatitis C cases related to intravenous drug…
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The Lawrence County commissioners voted Tuesday to end the southern Indiana county’s syringe exchange program. The county is the second in the state to…
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Several weeks before Indiana’s state health commissioner Jerome Adams was nominated to replace VivekMurthy as U.S. Surgeon General, Adams toured a detox…
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Former heroin user Kendra Williams, 24, knows she’s lucky. She recalls sharing dirty syringes to shoot up, risking hepatitis C and HIV. More than two…
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A bill that would give counties the ability to set up needle exchanges without first getting state approval is one step closer to becoming law.A Senate…
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New governor Eric Holcomb promised in his State of the State address to make it easier for counties to establish syringe exchange programs and a bill…
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation in July legalizing syringe exchange programs in North Carolina, James Sizemore rejoiced.The…