07-18-2019The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health will host a webinar on July 30: Syringe Service Programs – A Critical Public Health Intervention.
06-26-2019Syringe services programs are part of the work to redress the public health crisis formed by the intersection of opioids and infectious disease.
04-12-2019The U.S. faces a converging public health crisis as the nation’s opioid epidemic fuels growing rates of certain infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
03-06-2019SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity announcement to support substance use treatment service delivery to racial/ethnic minority individuals at risk for or li…
02-13-2019SAMHSA chief urges grantees and partners to address infectious diseases as integral part of the response to the substance use disorders epidemic.
09-21-2018An intervention designed to facilitate treatment for HIV and substance use was associated with a 50 percent reduction in mortality for people living with HIV wh…
02-21-2018Dr. Redonna Chandler has been named director of the AIDS Research Program at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Hea…
06-29-2017Crossposted from FDA Newsroom Note: Earlier this month, the FDA requested that a drug company remove an opioid pain medication, Opana ER, from the market becau.…
06-01-2017Improving the health of racial and ethnic minority persons is a core focus of what we do in our HIV and viral hepatitis policies and programs, given the dispro.…
01-04-2017During my remarks, I reviewed several significant recent federal actions supporting movement toward hepatitis elimination that the Coordinators can, hopefully,.…
