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CDC: West Virginia HIV Wave Could Be ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For years, West Virginia has had the nation’s highest rate of opioid drug addictions and drug overdose deaths. Now the state is wrestling with another, not… Read More
5 Years After Indiana’s Historic HIV Outbreak, Many Rural Places Remain At Risk
By: Laura Ungar | NPR
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Fewer than a third of the 220 counties deemed by the federal government as vulnerable to similar outbreaks have active syringe exchange programs which can stop the spread of the infection.
Drug Company Gilead Gives $11M To Halt Hep C Rise In Ohio Valley
By: Lisa Gillespie | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Drug maker Gilead Sciences will give $11.3 million to help prevent and treat hepatitis C in Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. That money is part of a five-year project aimed at… Read More
Surgeon General Supports Needle Exchanges To Limit Disease From Opioid Crisis
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams threw his support behind syringe exchange services as an important tool to address the Ohio Valley’s high risk of needle-borne disease associated with the opioid epidemic…. Read More
Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Greg Lee, Kentucky’s HIV/AIDS educator, starts the town hall on a somber note. “How many people in this room know someone who has died of an overdose death?” It is… Read More