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More fentanyl in the drug supply increases fatal overdoses, but other factors also fuel the crisis in Black communities.

Pickings for concurrent treatment are slim in Ending the HIV Epidemic rural communities.

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

Co-occurring health disorders appear to contribute to increased risk, NIH study suggests.

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

1971’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is among Gil Scott-Heron’s hits. He was HIV positive when he died in 2011.

Proponents hope that decriminalizing pot will help address widespread and longstanding issues of racial inequity.

Jason Skinner got tested for hepatitis C and then got into care and treatment. Those two simple decisions changed his life.

Nearly a third of teens and young adults improperly use tranquilizers, stimulants and other psychoactive drugs.

A recent study in Boston found that only 6% of people at detox centers who tested positive for either virus received follow-up medical care.

A revamped National Harm Reduction Coalition tackles the “racist war on drugs” and advocates for people who use drugs.

A federal grant for a Latino adolescent center in the South Bronx will help evaluate a new peer-based approach.

Antiretroviral therapy helped people with the virus add years to their lives, but now scientists must address other issues of longevity.

The rap star has made major diet and lifestyle changes and cut this opioid drug out of his life.

Health care facilities serving people who use drugs are well-positioned to initiate hepatitis C testing. But ’they don’t.

The 2018 annual survey also shows prescription drug abuse is expanding and opioid-related deaths are on the rise.