Kim Botteicher hardly thinks of herself as a criminal. On the main floor of a former Catholic church in Bolivar, Pennsylvania, Botteicher runs a flower shop and cafe. In the church's basement, she ...

What we reported: A burst of new HIV cases and a continuing barrage of hepatitis C in Greater Cincinnati ushered in a year of new needle-exchange sites in the region in 2018. The sites are designed to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Syringe exchange programs have been around for years, and were first established to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. Now one Minneapolis nonprofit is making it easier to utilize these ...

KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service Program allows drug users to exchange dirty syringes used to ...

CANTON — Lady R. said she was nervous when she went to the City Health Department’s needle exchange for the first time two weeks ago. She had used opioids for five years, mostly Dilaudid and pain ...