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Katherine Hill is an epidemiologist, harm reduction researcher and PhD candidate at the Yale School of Public Health studying the drug supply in the Northeastern U.S. Both her grandmother and father ...

People who inject drugs face many challenges that contribute to poor health outcomes, including drug overdose, HIV, and hepatitis C infections. These conditions require high-quality prevention and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sharps disposal box sits beside Needlepoint Sancutary's set up at Camp Hope, an unhoused encampment in Bangor. The syringe ...

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 ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A bill that would allow for syringe service programs across Pennsylvania is inching its way through the State Capitol. It passed the House Judiciary Committee in a 15-10 vote, ...

Manchester Public Health Director Anna Thomas speaks about a new city ordinance covering syringe service programs at a meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The ...

A bill to legalize syringe services programs across the state that recently cleared a key Pennsylvania House committee in a mostly party-line vote is getting a mixed reaction from lawmakers, treatment ...

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