Syringe services programs have definitively established positive public health impacts yet have long-faced significant political opposition. Recent moves to shutter or undermine SSPs are poorly timed ...

Experts say Rochester's bid to restrict needle exchanges in response to residents who complain will make the city's drug ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Syringe services programs—sites where people who use drugs can access sterile syringes and dispose of injection equipment—often face political backlash. But a new study shows the effectiveness of ...