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 ...

A program in Clark County is helping people get the care and treatment they need.

A syringe-exchange program could be starting soon in Jamestown. Kimberly Lombard, Evergreen Health Services senior director of grants management and quality, said the syringe-exchange program – known ...

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 ...

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to shoot ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HONOLULU (KHON2) — A program that once exchanged more than one million syringes a year is seeing a major shift in Hawaiʻi. Fewer ...