Grand Jury Recommends Needle Exchange Program In Stanislaus County, Calif., To Reduce

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Grand Jury Recommends Needle Exchange Program In Stanislaus County, Calif., To Reduce - 08-07-2008, 07:20 AM

A civil grand jury last week recommended that Stanislaus County, California, create a needle exchange program to decrease the number of hepatitis C and HIV infections, the Modesto Bee reports. According to the grand jury report, the county is on pace to record 620 new hepatitis C cases this year, up from 519 in 2007.

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