#Opioids

New Medicaid Policy Will Help States Better Fight the Opioid Crisis

Critics say the ads are reminiscent of the now-infamous “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” campaign from the 1980s.

The city’s Harm Reduction Action Center is collaborating with local journalists for a four-part in-depth series about addiction in Colorado.

HHS leadership urged an integrated response to the opioid crisis during forum exploring effective strategies in Washington D.C.

Infectious disease specialists may need to address substance use disorders among their patients.

The national increase in acute HCV infection is related to the country’s opioid epidemic and associated increases in injection drug use.

Connie Dewbre’s son convinced her to get cured of HCV again after visiting our Hep magazine website.

Lucemyra is approved to treat the symptoms of opioid withdrawal for 14 days.

Surging opioid use and homelessness are driving an “epidemic of despair” in the state, according to a report in The New York Times.

The viral hepatitis epidemic and the opioid crisis is an example of a syndemic.

A guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for state and local health departments.

At one hospital in Pittsburgh, the rate of pregnant women with hepatitis C seen for delivery rose 60 percent in eight years.

Bill de Blasio joins leaders in San Francisco, Philadelphia and Seattle in declaring intent to open safe injection sites.

Students are being trained to use and distribute naloxone to their peers in several Canadian universities. Will schools in the U.S. follow?

The city has been slowly shutting down its syringe exchanges over the past two years. A recent New York Times report investigates why.

A study in Glasgow provided treatment to those receiving opioid substitution therapy for opioid addiction.

The drug can save the lives of people overdosing on opioids.