CDC Recommends PrEP for Injection Drug Users
6-13-2013The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today published in the weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report interim guidance for the use of Preexpos…
Injection Drug Use
Study finds first evidence that PrEP can reduce HIV risk among people who inject drugs
6-13-2013A daily dose of a medication used to treat HIV infection reduced the risk of HIV acquisition among people who inject drugs by 49 percent. Those who took the med…
Hepatitis C Infection Among Young Injection Drug Users: Addressing an Emerging Trend
6-5-2013In recent years, there has been an emerging epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among young injection drug users (IDU) in rural and suburban settings.…
NIDA Research Seeks to Reduce Viral Hepatitis Caused by Drug Use Behaviors
5-30-2013 Wilson Compton, M.D., M.P.E., and Jag Khalsa, Ph.D.Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of liver failure and liver transplantation in the United States…
SAMHSA Announces New Funding Announcement for Rapid Hepatitis C Screening in Drug Treatment Programs
2-25-2013 Dr. Ronald ValdiserriLast week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) anno…
Rapid, On-site HIV Testing: Increases Life Expectancy and Is Cost-effective
1-30-2013 Dr. Jacques NormandIncorporating rapid HIV testing in drug treatment programs is both cost effective and increases life expectancy for an HIV-positive person, …
An AIDS-Free Generation
12-6-2012Despite great strides in treating HIV, and despite effective prevention strategies that have reduced its spread among many populations, about 50,000 new cases o…
Celebrating National Recovery Month and Associated Efforts to Strengthen Viral Hepatitis Services
9-6-2012September marks the 23rd annual observance of National Recovery Month (Recovery Month). Our colleagues at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis…
Increasing HIV Testing, Including Rapid Testing, in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
6-20-2012Although the U.S. has made progress in reducing the number of new HIV infections among injection drug users and their sexual partners, CDC estimates that inject…
Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders
3-1-2012Our colleagues at SAMHSA have just released a new Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP), Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders. This …