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.

Needle exchange programs -- which are endorsed by the CDC as a public health strategy -- exist in many states throughout the U.S. and have been proven to reduce the transmission of viral ...

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 ...

Update: The Denver City Council passed the proposal loosening needle exchange rules Monday night on an 8-5 vote. Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed it Tuesday evening.. Denver would eliminate its limit on ...

A city-sponsored needle exchange program outside a children’s library in the Bronx is drawing heat from one Big Apple pol — and a slew of local residents taking a jab at the “unacceptable ...

A “Trac-B Exchange” placard is posted outside, but it doesn’t identify the space as a syringe and needle exchange. Yet Cusolito estimates he sees 100 to 150 people a month, relying on word ...

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.

A split 3-2 vote approves a two-year pilot program for the San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic and Needle Exchange to operate once a week in a downtown Fresno County office.

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 ...