New Law Allows Needle Exchanges in Washington
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President Bush signed legislation lifting a ban that for nearly a decade has prevented city officials from using local tax money for needle exchange programs.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- HIV testing will soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey under a new law that supporters say is putting the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV transmission to babies.
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The New York State Legislature reached an agreement Tuesday to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The bipartisan deal would reduce sentences for many drug offenders and ease possession rules used to determine prison time.
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By Steve Tetreault  By STEVE TETREAULT  STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU  WASHINGTON - Nevada lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Monday seeking to transfer 80 acres of federal land in Summerlin for a cancer research and treatment center, medical offices and a park.
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State health departments, which are scrambling to ensure that their highest-risk residents get flu shots, can now log on to a secure, private government Web site
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Rep. Dan Lipinski endures at least nine needle pricks a day to control the diabetes he's had since childhood. Rep. Joe Barton takes a half dozen prescription pills daily to ward off another heart attack. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's little girl may need her fourth open-heart surgery in a few months. Such personal details are spilling out in debates close to home for the lawmakers shaping policy on prescription drugs, stem cell research and more.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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After weeks of warnings about a flu-shot shortage, Washington state yesterday relaxed restrictions on the vaccine supply and will make shots available to everyone 50 and older.
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China&#39;s parliament passed a law Saturday banning the buying or selling of blood to prevent the spread of AIDS (news - web sites) and outlawing discrimination against victims of infectious diseases, state media said.
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Healthcare workers who handle patients with hard-to-find veins are getting a little help from a new device that offers something like X-ray vision to make precise needle sticks.
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WASHINGTON Nov 7, 2004 - Sales of over-the-counter drugs to treat the flu may help the government more quickly spot local outbreaks.
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ISLAMABAD: The Health Ministry has prepared a draft bill to control the rampant use of syringes in the country. The draft bill will be presented before parliament after the Law Ministry vets it.
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The F.D.A. has opened the way for U.S. taxpayer dollars to be used to buy cheaper AIDS medicines for use in poor countries.
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By Jim Kershner, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun.
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Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The service has confirmed it is considering handing out kits to inmates as part of a harm-reduction programme.
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(12/03/04)-- In Washington State, police have arrested a woman they suspect of giving fake flu shots. They think she may be a registered nurse but police