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Amid a Resurgence of Hepatitis C in America, State Laws Prevent Citizens From Getting Clean Needles and Treatment

Hepatitis C kills more Americans every year than measles or AIDS. Many states' laws aren't helping to mitigate the disease, a new analysis finds.

Francie Diep

Social Justice

Needle Exchanges Work—Now Let’s Bring Them to the Suburbs and Countryside

Volunteers in inner cities launched the United States' first needle exchange programs, but now the need has moved to suburban and rural America.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

Bring Back Needle-Exchange Funding

The Indiana HIV outbreak highlights the need for science-based drug policy.

Nathan Collins

News in Brief

How Public Policy Made Indiana’s HIV Crisis Worse

Political opposition to needle exchanges, reproductive health services, and other public health fixtures has helped create an outbreak in Scott County, Indiana.

Noah Berlatsky

Social Justice

106 Cases and Counting

HIV is a preventable disease, which makes the epidemic in rural Indiana all the more frustrating.

Lynn E. Fiellin

Social Justice

What Will It Take for Conservative States to Allow Needle Exchanges?

Indiana has temporarily lifted a ban on needle exchanges to help combat an HIV outbreak. Why leave the ban intact at all?

Bettina Chang