Needle-sharing programs, also referred to as needle exchange or syringe services programs, are integral to public health efforts. These initiatives supply clean needles and syringes to individuals who ...

Prisons should have needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution therapy (OST) and other preventive measures in place to prevent HIV transmission between inmates. These are the ...

Experts say the spike in overdoses and diseases related to sharing needles means it’s time to revoke a longtime ban restricting federal funds for syringe exchanges. But lawmakers in both parties ...

To the editor — As primary care and addiction medicine physicians, we are deeply concerned about the Yakima City Council discussion that could decrease access to syringe service programs (SSPs). SSPs ...

In 2023, Morgan Bryant went to her first syringe exchange. Back then, the 44-year-old eastsider was still using meth and ...

AIDS was the leading cause of death in young men in the U.S. when Prevention Point Philadelphia started in 1992. Nearly 33,600 Americans died from HIV infection that year, and about one-third of all ...

Frustrated with used needles littering city streets, some local officials have called for renewed restrictions on syringe service programs, which they say contribute to the recent rise in needle waste ...

Ronnie Warn was bewildered when he spotted the sign on the door of the Santa Ana office where he routinely brings used needles and picks up clean ones. The Harm Reduction Institute was closed, it said ...

Sharing needles with other people has risks. When you use someone else’s needle to inject drugs, steroids, or other substances, you come in contact with their blood. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...

Users of injection drugs exchange hundreds of used hypodermic needles for new ones through the San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic and Needle Exchange in this Fresno Bee file photo. The California ...