Tag: hepatitis c
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Needle exchanges slowly spread as locals conclude they’re better than HIV and hepatitis outbreaks, injuries from discarded syringes
Needle exchanges may be difficult for some people to accept, but they are better than outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV or accidental injury from discarded needles, officials in Kentucky counties...
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Third annual Ky. hepatitis conference scheduled July 26 in Lexington; Hepatitis C Town Hall Meeting set July 28 in Hazard
Kentucky, which leads the nation in hepatitis C infections, will have its third annual hepatitis conference July 26 in Lexington, followed by a Hepatitis C Town Hall Meeting in Hazard...
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Justice secretary, drug-policy chief and ex-health boss back needle exchanges but ‘political rhetoric’ can trump science
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News CORBIN, Ky. – Local officials and legislators continue to debate and sometimes reject needle exchanges, but two state officials and a former state health...
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Three more Kentucky counties get needle exchanges; several others discussing, some debating; most are in early stages
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Harrison, Pike and Knox counties are the latest in Kentucky to approve a needle-exchange program, bringing the total number of counties to 14, and...
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Study says intravenous drug users in almost half of Kentucky’s counties are at high risk of getting hepatitis C or HIV
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A preliminary report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 220 counties in the United States as being most vulnerable...
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Kenton County’s approval of a needle exchange inches Northern Kentucky, hit the hardest by heroin, toward getting one
The Kenton County Fiscal Court unanimously approved a mobile needle exchange program March 29, which moves the City of Covington’s needle exchange program one step closer to fruition, Terry DeMio...
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Grant is eighth county to approve needle exchange; op-ed calls for N. Ky. to take a vote; and Louisville opens its third site
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Grant County is the eighth county in the state to approve a needle-exchange program, nearly 11 months after the legislature paved the way to...
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Some local officials reject needle exchanges and research showing that they don’t encourage and enable drug abuse
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Needle-exchange programs were approved this year as part of a landmark heroin bill, but they require local consent, and this caveat is proving to...
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Second annual “Hepatitis Conference: The Silent Epidemic in Kentucky” to be held Tuesday, July 28 in Lexington
The second annual “Hepatitis Conference: The Silent Epidemic in Kentucky” will be held Tuesday, July 28, the same day as World Hepatitis Day, at the Embassy Suites, in Lexington. The...
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Kentucky led the nation in hepatitis C cases in 2013; state’s rate rose 357 percent from 2007 to 2011
By Tim Mandell Kentucky Health News Kentucky had the nation’s highest rate of hepatitis C in 2013, with 5.1 cases per every 100,000 people, says a report by the federal Centers...