Indiana Needle Exchange That Helped Contain Historic HIV Outbreak To Close : Shots - Health News Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday ...

Needle-exchange programs, pioneered in Amsterdam in 1983, allow individuals to get sterile needles free of charge and safely dispose of dirty needles and syringes used for drug injection.

A series of studies, for instance, found that New York's needle exchange program decreased HIV prevalence from 50% to 17% during the period from 1992 to 2002. Dr. William Cooke, ...

When the needle exchange opened in February 2016, Santa Ana’s then-Police Chief Carlos Rojas told the Los Angeles Times that the Civic Center made the most sense as the site of the group.

It was the first and only needle exchange in the county. It was open just two hours a week — on Saturday from 1 to 3 pm local time, when it typically saw 200 to 300 people.

LOUISVILLE -- Louisville's highly anticipated needle-exchange program will operate six days a week at the health department's downtown headquarters and reach out to participants on the street ...

Update: The Denver City Council passed the proposal loosening needle exchange rules Monday night on an 8-5 vote. The measure now goes to Mayor Mike Johnston to sign or veto. Denver would eliminate ...

New Jersey’s needle-exchange law, adopted in 2006, gives localities veto power over syringe sites; programs similar to Oasis operate in Asbury Park, Camden, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson and ...

Pueblo City Council banned needle exchange programs from operating in the city on May 13, but what’s been the fallout so far?. In a 5-2 vote, council approved an ordinance that effectively bans ...

An expansion of a Denver law from the late ’90s will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city and remove a previously required restraint on proximity to schools and daycares.