January 2012
6 posts
Philadelphia Magazine: Philly's Next Heroin... →
“We’re beginning to see the troubling answer to this question: What happens when pills become expensive and heroin is cheap?” Tracking injection drug trends is important to help predict potential hepatitis C trends. This article presents some worrisome news for Philadelphia…
N.J. legislature passes bill allowing... →
Congratulations to our friends in New Jersey for their hard work pushing through legislation to make clean syringes more available! This is a victory for harm reduction and public health! Click here for more…
Early guidance on use of hepatitis C protease... →
Doctors from Johns Hopkins have issued preliminary guidance for the use of hepatitis C protease inhibitors by patients co-infected with HIV. Published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the provisional recommendations support use of the protease inhibitors in selected groups of co-infected patients. Click here for a summary of their recommendations.
Public Health Institute Webinar: Taking Action to... →
The Web Forum on 1/18 at 2:30pm will include:
A discussion of the latest national developments from Capitol Hill and Washington, DC, including a review of the payroll tax and ‘doc-fix’ extension and the impact on public health priorities.
Updates on collaborative efforts among partner organizations in support of the Prevention and Public Health Fund given recently proposed cuts.
A...
Phila Inq: Needles and the damage done →
“In Philadelphia, where Prevention Point Philly’s needle exchange program has been distributing clean needles since 1992, public health officials have seen a marked decrease in HIV infections. According to a study by the Center for Studies of Addiction at the University of Pennsylvania, the years following establishment of a citywide needle exchange saw the annual rate of new HIV...
