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 ...

CLARK COUNTY, Ind. (WDRB) — The Indiana Needle Exchange Program is feeling a slight pinch. Lawmakers have voted to extend the program, but with new restrictions some health professionals say could ...

An expansion of a Denver law from the late nineties will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city. Denver Post via Getty Images An expansion of a Denver law from the late ’90s will ...

Indiana’s syringe exchange programs are poised to continue for another five years as both legislative chambers have now supported extending those efforts aimed at stemming the spread of disease among ...

A public health initiative in Hamilton County to reduce the spread of diseases through needle sharing reports a quarter of its client base travels down from Butler County. Libby Harrison, program ...

In 2015, Indiana's rural Scott County found itself in the national spotlight when intravenous drug use and sharing needles led to an outbreak of HIV. Mike Pence, who was Indiana's governor at the time ...

Legislation letting counties continue syringe service programs — with an ID mandate and other new restrictions — will become law on Monday without Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s signature. “I’m not going ...

Six Indiana counties now have programs providing sterile needles, disease testing and offers of addiction counseling to addicts. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) For Indiana’s syringe exchange ...

Correction: A number of quotes in this story were incorrectly attributed, this has been corrected to attribute them to University of Otago Research Fellow, Dr Geoff Noller. Changes to a decades-long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Ed Clere, R-New Albany, speaks about syringe exchange legislation during an Indiana House session on Feb. 18, 2026. (Photo by ...