05-30-2023Nearly 42 years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a rare pneumonia in five gay men, marking the...

10-03-2022Cross-posted from CDC s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Dear Colleague: During September 2022...

06-09-2022The National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center (NHRTAC) is hosting an information session on Monday, June 13, from 3:00-...

03-16-2022CDC is working to increase access to harm reduction services for people who currently inject or have a history of injecting drugs...

12-09-2021Cross-posted from SAMHSA Newsroom Note: Syringe services programs, as well as screening, testing, and linkage to care services fo...

08-25-2021NIH s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has announced the 2021 recipients of the Avenir Awards for HIV/AIDS research. Th...

08-11-2021The July EHE Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar featured federal and community leaders presenting best practices to improve the scale-...

07-13-2021Join this week s EHE quarterly stakeholder webinar to learn how federal and non-federal partners are utilizing Syringe Service...

07-08-2021Don t miss the next EHE Stakeholder webinar on July 14th! Save your virtual seat and join us at 2:00 p.m. ET to hear EHE update...

06-30-2021The HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) invites you to join us on July 14, 2021, for the Ending the HIV E...

12-21-2020CDC released a Syringe Services Programs technical package, providing evidence of the effectiveness of strategies and approaches to support the successful plann…

04-08-2020Webinar series helps educate about the critical role of Syringe Services Programs in addressing the convergence of infectious disease and the opioid epidemic.

11-08-2019Opioid and drug misuse has profound economic and health consequences on Americans, including a rise in certain infectious diseases throughout our nation.

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.

05-24-2019CDCis releasing materials for use by health departments that provide information on the critical role of SSPs in prevention and treatment.

03-22-2019The Assistant Secretary of Health, ADM Brett Giroir, MD, and CDC’s Dr. Jonathan Mermin discussed the infectious disease consequences of the opioid crisis.

01-04-2017During my remarks, I reviewed several significant recent federal actions supporting movement toward hepatitis elimination that the Coordinators can, hopefully,.…

12-12-2016Join the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the next Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconference!CDC s Office for St...

12-05-2016Summary: According to the latest CDC Vital Signs, only 1 in 4 people who inject drugs (PWID) in 22 US cities reported getting all their needles from sterile so.…