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Guest AuthorJanuary 16, 2018

Since the dawn of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s, public health experts have advocated for syringe exchange programs as one the most powerful tools to reduce the spread of viral infections — including HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C — by removing contaminated syringes from circulation. They have documented time and again that […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 8, 2016

It might surprise you to know that Florida has the highest rate of new HIV infections of any state in the United States. In addition, Miami-Dade and Broward counties are ranked first and second, respectively, among U.S. counties for that same ugly statistic. HIV/AIDS may have fallen from the headlines in recent years — and […]

Mitch PerryApril 8, 2015

Legislation that would authorize the University of Miami and its affiliates to establish a single sterile needle and syringe exchange pilot program in Miami-Dade County as a means to prevent the transmission of blood-borne diseases passed unanimously in a Senate committee this morning. The bill (SB 1040) is being advanced by Palm Gardens Democrat Oscar Braynon, It’s […]

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