Needle-sharing programs, also referred to as needle exchange or syringe services programs, are integral to public health efforts. These initiatives supply clean needles and syringes to individuals who ...

Syringes are probably among the top three concerns that I hear from the business community,” the CEO of the local chamber of ...

Experts say the spike in overdoses and diseases related to sharing needles means it’s time to revoke a longtime ban restricting federal funds for syringe exchanges. But lawmakers in both parties ...

The country is facing a drug overdose crisis, and those impacts are felt in the Pacific Northwest as well. The man at the center of a controversial independent needle exchange program in North Bend ...

It’s about preventing avoidable illness and death and improving public safety,” Monroe County Commissioner Jody Madeira said.

AIDS was the leading cause of death in young men in the U.S. when Prevention Point Philadelphia started in 1992. Nearly 33,600 Americans died from HIV infection that year, and about one-third of all ...

To the editor — As primary care and addiction medicine physicians, we are deeply concerned about the Yakima City Council discussion that could decrease access to syringe service programs (SSPs). SSPs ...

Frustrated with used needles littering city streets, some local officials have called for renewed restrictions on syringe ...

The state legislature is taking the wrong course in its attempt to shut down funding for syringe exchange programs. Its ...

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 people ...