In response to a spike in HIV in Penobscot County, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor and Needlepoint Sanctuary are ...

Experts view a shift from injecting fentanyl to smoking it as a promising development that could cut overdose deaths and reduce needle-related harms.

Brendan Saloner ([email protected]), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Pooja Lagisetty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Access and scale are two sides of the same coin. Whereas ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Over the past four years, nearly 7,000 people have injected, smoked or otherwise used street drugs like fentanyl ...

Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by UB and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well utilized and provide ...

ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Southern Tier Aids Program is offering care packages to keep individuals safe in social settings where alcohol or drugs may be used. The test strips can be used to detect ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A beloved arts program has been spared for now, following a Utah State Board of Education meeting Thursday that discussed possibly reducing its funding going into the 2026 legislative ...

Harm reduction — an umbrella term that takes in a variety of practices intended to lessen the damaging effects of drug use — has never been an easy sell. “It’s always been kind of a political football ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida program designed to help homeowners harden their houses against hurricanes left one local family fearing they were out thousands of dollars after a paperwork snag nearly ...

MANTON — A local collaboration is bringing the District Health Department No. 10’s mobile syringe service program to Manton in 2026. Called the Helping Others Persevere with Empathy (HOPE) Project, ...

Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Marshall has lost about 350 people through the deferred ...