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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 or methamphetamine.

A new study published today in JAMA Network Open projects that reductions in federal funding for syringe service programs (SSPs) could lead to substantial increases in mortality among people who ...

Hawaiʻi's statewide syringe exchange program has seen a decrease in exchanges due to changing patterns of substance use, but ...

A new study published in JAMA Network Open projects that reductions in federal funding for syringe service programs (SSPs) could lead to substantial increases in mortality among people who inject ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Lavender Timmons popped the trunk of her weather ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 1—Aldermen have approved an ordinance amendment proposed by Mayor Jay Ruais to address concerns over needle exchange programs ...

​A decade after Congress first allowed federal funding to support clean needle programs, the Trump administration is backing ...

Katherine Hill is an epidemiologist, harm reduction researcher and PhD candidate at the Yale School of Public Health studying the drug supply in the Northeastern U.S. Both her grandmother and father ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 2—Aldermen have approved an ordinance amendment proposed by Mayor Jay Ruais to address concerns over needle exchange programs ...