Drug overdose deaths remain one of the greatest health crises facing our state, with drug overdoses increasing in 46 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in 2020. At the same time, Pennsylvania is facing the ...

A bill to legalize syringe services programs across the state that recently cleared a key Pennsylvania House committee in a mostly party-line vote is getting a mixed reaction from lawmakers, treatment ...

On Oct. 27, there was a major rally in Harrisburg to support the expansion of syringe services programs (SSPs) in Pennsylvania. The rally was attended by legislators, state government officials, ...

As Indiana officials struggled to contain an outbreak of HIV among people who injected drugs, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly followed the urgings of public health officials and cleared the way for ...

Katherine Hill is an epidemiologist, harm reduction researcher and PhD candidate at the Yale School of Public Health studying the drug supply in the Northeastern U.S. Both her grandmother and father ...

A new study shows the effectiveness of syringe services programs in both curbing HIV transmission among people who use drugs and preventing future outbreaks. Syringe services programs -- sites where ...

Kim Botteicher works in the basement of a Bolivar church. She provides syringe services as part of her charitable work. Credit: Nate Smallwood for Spotlight PA This article is part of The State of ...

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Dayton & Montgomery County Public Health office announced that CarePoint’s syringe services mobile unit is closed Wednesday. According to a release from the public health ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Syringe services programs — sites where people who use drugs can access sterile syringes and dispose of injection equipment — often face political backlash. But a ...