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Compared with the general population, they have much higher rates of death from HIV, viral hepatitis and other causes during this time.

Methamphetamine overdose deaths have skyrocketed in an epicenter of the opioid crisis.

Bill de Blasio joins leaders in San Francisco, Philadelphia and Seattle in declaring intent to open safe injection sites.

Harm reduction advocates say the facility would help reduce injection drug-related risks like overdoses and hepatitis C infections.

One underground site has operated for almost three years and has reduced both injection in public spaces and unsafe syringe disposal.

A look at a large cohort of Canadians with HIV and hepatitis C also examined modifiable factors associated with a reduced risk of death.

Endo has agreed to pull a prescription painkiller off the market after the FDA asked it to do so to help stem the opioid crisis.

Rising abuse of heroin and prescription opioids has led to outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C.

The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to allow non-prescription use of naloxone (Narcan), which can prevent opioid...

Deaths from drug overdoses dropped in the vicinity of North America’s only safe injection site—located in Vancouver—four times fas...