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Eight Kentucky-based organizations will share a $1.05 million grant to fight hepatitis C infections spread by the opioid crisis.Kentucky’s grant is part…
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Health officials in Huntington, West Virginia, say a cluster of HIV infections has grown to 71 confirmed cases. That’s in a city that usually sees about…
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A leader in the Kentucky Senate wants to limit the number of syringes handed out in local needle exchange programs. Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer is…
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A number of towns and counties in our region have adopted needle exchange programs in recent years as a way to combat rising levels of H.I.V and hepatitis…
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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…
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Greg Lee, Kentucky’s HIV/AIDS educator, started the town hall on a somber note.“How many people in this room know someone who has died of an overdose…
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Health officials in the Ohio Valley are investigating outbreaks of disease associated with needle drug use in what is emerging as a new public health…
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City leaders in Glasgow have signed off on a syringe exchange for intravenous drug users. The program would allow addicts to swap dirty needles for clean…
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One south central Kentucky community has moved a step closer toward establishing a needle exchange for drug addicts. In a 4-3 vote with one abstention,…
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A new report finds doctors in Kentucky diagnosed more cases of opioid addiction for people with private insurance than any other state in 2016. The report…