In HIV Prevention, Needle Exchange Programs Are Often Overlooked

In HIV prevention, needle exchange programs are often overlooked

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Injection drug users can turn in their used (and possibly HIV-contaminated) needles and syringes and get sterile equipment, NPR reports. Exchange programs often offer counseling, safer-sex education, HIV testing and referrals to drug treatment programs …
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Oklahoma drug rehabilitation center under investigation after third death in

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CANADIAN — A Pittsburg County drug rehabilitation center is under investigation after a third patient died in nine months. The most recent incident at Narconon Arrowhead involves Stacy Dawn Murphy, 20, of Owasso, whose body was found at the center …
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Needle Exchanges Often Overlooked In AIDS Fight
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In HIV Prevention, Needle Exchange Programs Are Often Overlooked
There's a lot of buzz at the 19th International AIDS Conference about powerful new strategies to prevent HIV infection. But a potent old strategy isn't used enough around the world, many researchers says, and is even neglected entirely in places where it's most urgently needed. … Read News