#syringe exchange

A new program offers intravenous drug users a low-pressure way of reducing their risk for HIV and hepatitis C.

The proposed law seeks to address recent increases in opioid use, hepatitis C and HIV infections across the state.

The Virginia Department of Health has declared a public health emergency in response to the region’s growing opioid epidemic.

Funding topics include HIV criminalization, “bathroom bills,” the rural South and ACT UP.

The judgment-free programs build trust with those affected by opioid addiction and help stem the tide of overdoses, HIV and hepatitis.

98 percent of the 220 counties most at risk of HIV and hep C outbreaks voted for Trump.

White heroin users are injecting at higher rates and are less likely to use harm reduction programs than their minority counterparts.

But a worrisome proportion still shares needles, putting them at risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus transmission.

Lifting the entry ban for tourists and immigrants with HIV, releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, approving PrEP, and more.

A landmark report says syringe access programs and naloxone availability are essential to the nation’s fight against addiction.

How the Rocky Mountain Morpheus Project reaches people who inject drugs.

Syringe service programs, webinars and the 11th National Harm Reduction Conference.

Elizabeth “Libby” Harrison has since been released from jail and is pleading not guilty to the charges filed against her by local police.

And why a public health expert there now says, “We have pretty much stopped the spread of HIV.”

It’s been more than a year since local health officials sought state help to combat the region’s growing hepatitis C and HIV threats.

Saturday, May 7, marks a chance to promote strategies—such as needle exchanges—that lower the dangers of drug use.