Iris Sidikman, harm reduction program coordinator for Women's Health Center of West Virginia, speaks during a public hearing July 2023 about the former abortion clinic's bid to offer syringe services ...

Vol. 135, No. 1S, Supplement 1: Using Public Health Policy to Reduce the Morbidity, Mortality, and Incidence of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis (July/August 2020) ...

Oct. 1—Aldermen have approved an ordinance amendment proposed by Mayor Jay Ruais to address concerns over needle exchange programs and improper disposal of syringes on city streets and in parks. The ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Staff at Women's Health Center of West Virginia know what it's like to provide controversial health services that government officials have sought to ban or restrict. The ...

The science is solid. The politics are more partisan than ever. While COVID-19 raged in the United States, a set of public health crises was pushed to the background. HIV and drug use flourished ...

Women’s Health Center of West Virginia Harm Reduction Coordinator Iris Sidikmanspeaks about a proposal from the clinic to add a syringe service its offerings during a public hearing at the Goodwill ...

If people want to use drugs, they’re going to. And if they’re going to use drugs, they should have access to clean supplies to prevent the spread of hepatitis C and HIV, and naloxone to prevent ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than three years have passed since federal health officials arrived in central Appalachia to assess an alarming outbreak of HIV spread mostly between people who inject opioids ...