Tag: health care
As a Disabled Drug User, Home Health Care Leaves Me on the Floor
My first couple of home health aides were picked by a California state agency. ...
New Jersey’s Plan to Offer Free Naloxone for All at Pharmacies
Getting naloxone should be about to get much easier in New Jersey. Governor Phil ...
“There’s More Accidents”: Disabled Prisoners Struggle Amid Understaffing
John, 41, has been incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) system for ...
SAMHSA’s Methadone Reforms Toothless Until We End Clinics’ Power
The COVID-19 pandemic and record overdose tolls have continued to pressure the Substance Abuse ...
The Gardener Who Grew Our Health Care in Prison
For most of his time in Georgia Department of Corrections custody, Charlie was assigned ...
The Barriers to PrEP Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs
Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at ...
Georgia Privatizes Prison Medical Care—With Contractor’s Goal to Cut Costs
After years of attempting to privatize prisoner medical care, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...
Buprenorphine Access: Telehealth Revolution Faces Uncertain Future
This summer, a young woman was revived by paramedics after an overdose at her ...
Leading Trans Health Care Guidance Updated—and Still Stuck in the Past
In September, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released its updated Standards ...
Oregonians Strongly Support Their State’s Drug Decriminalization
A strong majority of Oregonians continue to support Measure 110, the state’s historic drug ...
