To Curb Disease, Program to Give Free Drug Needles

Published August 25, 2013

To curb disease, program to give free drug needles
(AP) — The statistics are shocking: Seventy percent of illegal-injection drug users will contract hepatitis C from the use of dirty needles. About 10 percent will acquire HIV. The lifetime cost of caring for a hepatitis patient is $ 500,000, and HIV … Read more on NECN

Omar is right to rain on his parade
The simulation can be run many times with slight changes in the starting conditions, resulting in estimates of the statistical likelihood that the cloud seeding really was responsible. It will be fascinating to see what they find. Perhaps they really … Read more on The National

Random Killings Spark Laments, but Reality Shows Long Slide in Crime Rate
Nearly eight of every 10 murders in the United States between 1993 and 2008 were committed by someone the victim knew, according a 2010 report by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. The report didn't include figures for 2011 or 2012 … Read more on OzarksFirst.com