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Needles And HIV Plus A Virginia Author's New Book, This West Virginia Morning
Major HIV outbreaks in Huntington and Charleston over recent years have exposed conflicting views on the disease among state officials and national experts. Most disagreement surrounds a single topic: needles.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhat Happened to 'The Nation’s Most Concerning HIV Outbreak?'
At the height of the COVID outbreak, Charleston, West Virginia was sideswiped by a second deadly epidemic: what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) called the most concerning outbreak of HIV in the entire country.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Officials: HIV Outbreak Involved 15 Counties
Health officials in West Virginia say they were able to contain an HIV outbreak in the southern part of the state by quickly identifying infected people…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBig Increase Seen in W.Va. Needle Exchange Program
Health officials say more than 8,300 new syringes have been distributed in the nearly two years that a needle exchange program has been operated in a West…
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Training Begins for Syringe Exchange Program
The Cabell-Huntington Health department played host to a two-day training session this week. Its goal: to help local health officials get acquainted with…
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