Hancock is 21st Ohio county to approve syringe programs Effort will reduce HIV, Hepatitis C, overdose death among people who use drugs Ohio’s newest syringe service program opened in Findlay on Thursday, July 30th, at the Hancock County Public Health...
Programs find ways to safely adapt to covid-19 See updated list of syringe programs, hours and locations By Elaine Louden, HRO Public Health Fellow Updated 5/20/20 Ohio’s syringe programs are starting to reopen and resume normal hours after closing or restricting...
More than half syringe programs now closed in Ohio. Cutbacks to programs that remain open. The Canton syringe program, one of the state’s best and friendliest, will close indefinitely because of covid-19, continuing a severe scaling back of programs designed...
Toledo service closed today, opens Thursday, then closed indefinitely Other syringe program limiting contact, taking temperatures The Northwest Ohio Syringe Service (NOSS) program in Toledo was closed today (Wednesday) and will close for at least the rest of the month...
Decision will ease cash crunch for Ohio syringe programsOhio has made the long-overdue formal request needed to allow federal funds to be spent on syringe programs.Congress made federal money available to syringe programs available in 2015 but, unlike other states,...
ODH Director delay longer than reported Problem: HIV infection up 92% among those who inject drugs Harm Reduction Ohio obtained the staff-written letter that Ohio Department of Health Director Lance Himes refused to sign and send to the Centers for Disease Control....
