Evidence suggests that people who receive syringes from a needle exchange are less likely to dispose of them improperly.

The organizers of Save a Life Day — an annual naloxone distribution planned for Thursday — aim to keep promoting harm reduction, even after the Trump administration shifted federal funding away from s...

Medetomidine is a veterinary tranquilizer increasingly found in the illicit drug supply, where it is often mixed with fentanyl and can cause dangerous sedation and withdrawal.

Long-term survivors deserve to see a cure, not fear the losses it might bring.

Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.

Despite lawmakers’ effort to backfill funding in the new state budget, HIV care in Virginia will lose even more money after a settlement with an HIV drug company.

New research shows that tolerance has become so strong that common treatments for opioid addiction are no longer effective for many patients.

Arizona appears to be separating onto its own trajectory, with the increase slowing down even as it speeds up in neighboring states.

Experts say move signals greater political interference into public health and will exacerbate opioid overdose crisis

“Our treatment, our intervention, our harm reduction, our recovery services, those are working,” said Vermont Department of Health Interim Deputy Commissioner Shayla Livingston.

Opinion: The media portrays sex workers as a plot point in Rex Heuermann’s story. But we know violent men, and public conversations should center our voices.

An overdose response network of healthcare providers, community coalitions, a fire station and neighbors equipped with naloxone saw opioid-related emergency room visits decline in north Minneapolis in...

“Everybody knows everybody," Dr. Alexander Elswick told Filter, "and anonymity is so much more of a concern.”

​A bipartisan pair of House members is introducing legislation aimed at treating millions of Americans of a deadly-but-curable liver disease, the culmination of a yearslong push from public health adv...

The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods.

“We can't talk about harm reduction without tobacco harm reduction,” says one service provider. The need among people who use drugs is acute.

The federal agency’s draft report is the first comprehensive outside look at the local response since the HIV outbreak began in 2023.

Overdose deaths, which claimed more 2,000 lives annually between 2016 and 2023, reached a record high of 2,364 in 2022.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signs bill requiring needle exchange programs to report needle disposal rates, aiming to reduce public litter and promote public health.

Experts say the U.S. government's backing of religious and spiritual drug treatment ignores well-established evidence

Oklahoma's law protecting harm-reduction organizations from criminal prosecution for distributing sterile syringes expires July 1, effectively ending a program that distributed 1.25 million syringes a...

In Duluth, Harm Reduction Sisters provides life-saving equipment for people in crisis. But its future is uncertain.