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Between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, the FLASH exchange program served more than 250 clients and reduced its overall syringe count by nearly 8,000.

Emilie Ashbes overcame her addiction and is helping others do the same. The work is especially critical in Miami-Dade, which has the nation’s highest HIV infection rate, with dirty syringes, in part, to blame.

Council member Michael Boylan is preparing the legislation. He says reluctant City Council members will be convinced once they see other successes around the state.

The co-founder of the nonprofit says unemployment, social distancing and isolation make life more difficult for many drug users, although the reasons for using can be far more complex.

Palm Beach county commissioners voted unanimously to approve a needle exchange program through a nonprofit called Rebel Recovery.

Hillsborough County Commissioners have agreed to a controversial potential solution for the spread of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and opioid overdoses - a...

Stigma, poverty, immigration issues and access to care are among the main causes to blame for Florida’s high rates of HIV and AIDS .

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday received a bill that would authorize needle-exchange programs across the state. Lawmakers in 2016 approved allowing the…

The Florida Legislature has approved a bill that will allow the expansion of needle exchanges throughout Florida. The Infectious Disease Elimination...

There's a proposal in Tallahassee right now that could make it easier for injection drug users to trade dirty needles for fresh ones -- preventing the...