Requiring "a clean needle for every dirty one . . . isn't the best practice to reduce the spread of blood-borne pathogens such as H...
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Showing posts with label hepatitis c. Show all posts
Sunday, May 21, 2017
AIDS
county health departments
drug abuse
drug treatment
drug use
hepatitis c
HIV
infectious diseases
local government
neonatal care
pregnancy
state budget
Ky. is a national leader in hepatitis C, but many counties at risk shun syringe exchanges that could prevent disease outbreaks
"Growing intravenous drug use by people sharing syringes to inject heroin and other substances" has helped make Kentucky a nationa...
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county health departments,
drug abuse,
drug treatment,
drug use,
hepatitis c,
HIV,
infectious diseases,
local government,
neonatal care,
pregnancy,
state budget
State health department offers services to fight opioid epidemic, including free antidote for overdoses and education about it
The state Department for Public Health is reminding communities of the services it offers to address the impact of opioid abuse, and to edu...
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drug abuse,
health departments,
hepatitis c,
HIV,
narcotics,
state government
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
drug abuse
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
hepatitis c
HIV
needle exchange
poll
polls
syringe exchanges
About half of Kentucky adults support syringe exchanges, meant to decrease the risk of outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More Kentucky adults favor syringe exchanges than oppose them, and the more they know about them, th...
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drug abuse,
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,
hepatitis c,
HIV,
needle exchange,
poll,
polls,
syringe exchanges
Thursday, February 16, 2017
breast screening
cancer screening
colorectal cancer
dental care
diabetes
hepatitis c
Medicaid
obamacare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
poverty
About 3/4 of the Kentuckians getting free exams and screenings via Medicaid are covered by its expansion, study finds
More than three-fourths of the Kentuckians who got free medical screenings through Medicaid last summer were covered by the expansion of the...
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breast screening,
cancer screening,
colorectal cancer,
dental care,
diabetes,
hepatitis c,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
poverty
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