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04.05.16

HHS guidance on syringe service programs provides substantive support for HCV and HIV infection reduction efforts among injection drug users.

By Sonia Canzater

On March 29, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services released guidance to assist state and local health departments to request permission to use federal funds for Syringe Support Programs (SSPs). This guidance is in response to bipartisan legislation passed in December 2015 that relaxed previous restrictions on federal funds being used for any […]

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04.30.15

A growing HIV epidemic that could have been prevented right in our own back yard?

By Fernanda Alonso

On March 26th, the Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, declared a public health emergency in the rural southeast Scott County due to a severe outbreak of HIV. According to the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH), out of the 4,200 people that live in this community, 142 have been diagnosed with HIV since December—this in a county […]

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