#Opioids

Opioid Overdose Deaths Are Rising Quickly in the HIV Population

The number of people treated for hepatitis C hit a low point during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s unclear how many Black participants had health insurance or lived in places where needle exchanges are legal.

The funding, which also supports harm reduction, arrives from the NY attorney general’s settlements with opioid manufacturers.

The study results, from 2019, precede the surge of overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A $6.6 million grant aims to integrate services for HIV, hepatitis B and C and substance misuse into primary care clinics across the state.

National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative is finding scientific solutions to address the opioid crisis.

Chronic pain is a fact of life for far too many people living with HIV. But new research aims to address it at its core.

Mobile clinics could be innovative strategy for expanding access to care and providing uninterrupted treatment for people who inject drugs.

The new HIV cases are linked to the opioid crisis and homelessness.

In a series of reports, HIV experts lay out the gaps in plans to end the epidemic and ways to fix them.

These Florida and Maryland communities can access HIV tests, PrEP and overdose prevention via an RV and a van.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has learned difficult lessons from such outbreaks over the past five years.

A West Virginia drive-through event does exactly that—plus give free Naloxone trainings.

A $7 million grant goes to new research seeking insights to neurological and cognitive problems.

People with an opioid use disorder, in particular, had a tenfold higher risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19.