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Santa Distributing Clean Needles, Female Condoms in the Bronx

Robert Cordero | Posted 12.17.2012 | New York
Read More: Needle Exchange Program, Clean Needle Distribution, New York Medicaid, Needle Exchange, New York Health Care, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Hiv/Aids Awareness, Ny Impact, Clean Needles, South Bronx, Video, New York News
Robert Cordero

One way New York State is considering streamlining its Medicaid costs is by expanding needle-exchange centers to help drug users prevent getting HIV and hepatitis C. But that may take federal funds, and Congress reinstated a ban on such funds last year.

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Living and Dying With And Without Harm Reduction

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Addiction & Recovery, Drug Addiction, H.I.V., 12 Steps, Vancouver, Vicodin, Abstinence, Shooting Room, Harm Reduction, Aa, Clean Needles, Liz Evans, Insite, Oxycontin, Heroin Addiction, Aids, International Harm Reduction Association, Science Times, Phs, Home News
Stanton Peele

A new Vancouver-based program, called Insite, has substantial benefits in terms of reduction in HIV infection and increased follow-up medical treatment of addicts.

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HIV Vaccine: No Silver Bullet Yet

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Vaccine, International Health, Pepfar, Vaccine Trials, Abstinence, Drugs, Thailand, Aids, Condoms, Clean Needles, Sex Education, Healthy Living News
Dr. Peter Klatsky

Multiple news agencies reported that a trial vaccine reduced the risk of HIV infection by 30 percent. While I am encouraged by the results, we have yet to find a silver bullet.

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