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What Does Safe Sex Mean When Hooking Up?

Posted by Project NEON on June 14, 2016 1:51 PM
What does safe sex mean to you?!

Everyone has a different idea of what "safe" means...
Read more from our friends at the #HuffPost -

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-garner/what-does-safe-sex-mean-w_b_10243744.html



Posted by Project NEON on December 22, 2015 10:28 AM

Slow but steady progress on the syringe exchange front...

Congress Moves to Lift Federal Ban on Clean Needle-Exchange Programs

In the wake of the injection drug related HIV outbreak in rural Indiana, the Republican-run House finally notices the proven efficacy of needle-exchange programs. 

Posted on December 11 2015 5:45 PM EST by Tyler Curry, (plus magazine online)

After years of political fear tactics and moral legislation, Congress is finally taking the steps to partially lift the ban on federal funding to support needle-exchange programs.

Despite the overwhelming evidence that needle-exchange programs work to prevent HIV, federal funding for these programs has been banned since 1998. The decision comes months after an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana where over 150 people tested positive for HIV during a public health investigation. Even though this decision represents a pivotal moment in federally funded HIV prevention, the funding would still come with one caveat.

Read the full article:

http://www.hivplusmag.com/prevention/2015/12/11/congress-moves-lift-federal-ban-needle-exchange-programs?utm_content=25240689&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

 

SOURCE: plus magazine online

 


Posted by Project NEON on December 21, 2015 5:55 PM

Need a hep C test?

Posted by Project NEON on December 15, 2015 4:24 PM
Injecting can put you at an increased risk of hepatitis C.

Know your status. Get tested!


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OOhhhh noooo! Herpes!

Posted by Project NEON on December 9, 2015 1:43 PM

Check out Dr. Dick's article on this oh-so-common STD:

http://projectneon.org/learn/drdick/stds/dear-readers-your-plumber-might/

Posted by Project NEON on November 25, 2015 12:23 PM

Dr. Dick's November article "Ball Pain Can't Wait!"


http://projectneon.org/learn/drdick/stds/ball-pain-cant-wait/

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Posted by Project NEON on November 10, 2015 10:56 AM

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   latest article: 


The "Ins and Outs" of Booty-Bumping:


http://projectneon.org/learn/drdick/crystal/the-ins-and-outs-of-booty-bumping/

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Posted by Project NEON on November 3, 2015 9:56 AM