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New Tool to Reduce HIV Transmission: Thinner Syringes

January 25, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

New research published in the International Journal of Drug Policy suggests that widespread use of thinner syringes could reduce HIV transmission among injection drug users

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Contaminated Heroin Suspected in European Anthrax Outbreak

September 12, 2012January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

British health officials announced Monday that another drug user in Blackpool has died of an anthrax infection. The individual died after injecting heroin suspected of

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Tuberculosis Without a Cure: TDR or XDR?

September 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

There is an overwhelming number of acronyms for the various forms of tuberculosis, and some debate about which strain coincides with what acronym. The discussion

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Tuberculosis Without a Cure: TDR or XDR?

September 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

There is an overwhelming number of acronyms for the various forms of tuberculosis, and some debate about which strain coincides with what acronym. The discussion

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