How needle exchange programs in Indiana reduce the spread of disease

Oregon quashed its efforts to decriminalize illicit drugs, which would have been the first of such laws in the nation, but the debate on how to curb ... Read More

Trump's surgeon general urges red states to support needle exchanges

Why it matters: Making illicit drug use easier ... helped contain a major HIV outbreak. What we're watching: While some states weigh more restrictions on needle exchanges, Pennsylvania is ... Read More

Once taboo, Greenville nonprofit now has big partners in opioid needle exchange

In Greenville County, harm reduction strategies, including clean needle exchanges, are attracting large institutional partners to combat the opioid epidemic. Read More

GSK ups 2024 guidance as HIV drugs and new vaccines boost its bottom line

The British drugmaker’s remaining 4.2% stake in its consumer health arm Haleon also boosted its bottom line, following its spin off in July 2022 ... Read More

How syringe exchanges in Idaho reduce the spread of disease

Syringe services programs are one of the provenly effective methods for decreasing overdose deaths as well as the spread of infectious diseases like HIV ... that needle exchanges promote drug ... Read More

Record number of Chinese migrants arrested for illegally crossing into US — same number in six months as the whole of 2023

They said they had spent around $75,000 to come to the US, money earned from their business back in China, after hearing success stories from relatives who had already made it across. Read More

Trader Joe's pulls fresh basil from shelves in 29 states after salmonella outbreak

Trader Joe's has pulled Infinite Herbs-branded basil from its shelves in 29 states after a salmonella outbreak ... Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets including USA Today ... Read More

New effort tackles drug overdose epidemic in US

The Biden Administration has launched a new effort to tackle the drug overdose epidemic in the United States, which in 2022 took more than 100,000 lives, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ... Read More

Fed up librarians struggle to contain rampant sex, drug use and violence at branches across the country

“This isn’t what a lot of us signed up for ... shuttered in February after employees complained of unaddressed sex inside and outside the branch, drug use and violence. Read More

USA Today reportedly changes headline on Trump’s abortion stance after Biden-Harris campaign complain

USA Today changed a headline about presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s abortion stance after the Biden-Harris ... USA Today covered the news with a headline that said, "’The will of the ... Read More

US company withdraws ALS drug after it fails in trial

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced on Thursday it was withdrawing its approved treatment against the deadly neurodegenerative disease ALS after clinical data found no evidence the drug ... Read More

How syringe exchanges in Georgia reduce the spread of disease

Syringe services programs are one of the provenly effective methods for decreasing overdose deaths as well as the spread of infectious diseases like HIV ... that needle exchanges promote drug ... Read More