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HIV, hepatitis C and drug use are more prevalent in prisons. Plus: Watch a harm reduction success story in Moldova’s prison system. [VIDEO]

Amid an HIV funding crisis in the state, the Positively Living and Choice Health Network provides HIV care and services to east Tennessee.

Scientists will test community-based approaches to prevent drug overdoses and curb high death rates.

A gay man who has struggled with addiction and is living with HIV, Matt Dorsey won the race for San Francisco District 6 supervisor.

Someone dies of an overdose about every 5 minutes, often as a result of fentanyl and meth. Drug use also spurs HIV and hepatitis outbreaks.

AIDS United spearheads the rebranded Harm Reduction Futures Fund to also prevent HIV, viral hepatitis and overdoses.

The White House strategy embraces syringe services, access to housing and naloxone as three science-based approaches.

AIDS United praises the White House for funding a PrEP program and the initiative to end HIV but notes where “there is still work to do.”

Updates on efforts to end viral hepatitis

President Biden outlined domestic policy priorities that directly impact people living with HIV.

Grants from the AIDS United Syringe Action Fund prioritize groups serving Black, Indigenous and other people of color.

A second New Jersey law makes it legal to possess a syringe, and a third just-signed law creates a review panel to study overdoses.

A novel tele–harm reduction approach helped people with HIV start treatment and achieve an undetectable viral load.

Now that the dam has broken, it may not be long before additional overdose prevention centers open around the country.