Opioid Epidemic

10-19-2017The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a draft Strategic Plan FY 2018-2022 and is inviting comments from stakeholders.  This document …

9-9-2017HIV.gov shared two more updates via Facebook Live from the 2017 U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) in Washington, DC, on Saturday, September 9, 2017. They both feat…

6-29-2017Crossposted 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…

6-29-2017Note: Earlier this month, the FDA requested that a drug company remove an opioid pain medication, Opana ER, from the market because injection abuse of the drug …

6-1-2017Improving 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 disprop…

5-17-2017 But even on the darkest days, there are moments when you are re-energized and reconnect with your purpose for doing this work. I had one of those moments rece…

3-15-2017The National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit will take place on April 17-20, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia. (The conference is often referred to as the Hal Roger…

12-5-2016Summary: 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 sou…

4-1-2016Viral hepatitis is a growing public health problem in the United States. This increase is being fueled in part by the widespread epidemic of opioid abuse that i…

3-29-2016 In remarks delivered at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, this afternoon President Obama discussed a range of actions being …