Tag: HIV/AIDS
“Gifted”: When HIV Was a Death Sentence, and Worth It to Get Housing
In the early 1990s, there was a joke people would make about HIV transmission. ...
We’ll Know Harm Reduction Is Mainstream Once Dr. Fauci Likes It
In 2018, the syringe service program (SSP) in Cabell County, West Virginia, was shuttered ...
Learning to Do HIV Peer Education in the ’90s, by Unlearning What to Say
In the summer of 1992, a few weeks after I’d learned I had HIV, ...
People Who Inject Drugs and Harm Reduction: a Global Perspective
Approximately 15 million people inject drugs, according to the best available evidence—equivalent to three ...
FDA Blood Donor Ban Ends for Gay Men, While Staying in Place for Others
On August 7, the Red Cross implemented a new blood donor eligibility assessment that ...
Project to Set Up 100 Harm Reduction “Vending Machines” Across Canada
Vending machines are increasingly being deployed to distribute harm reduction supplies in North America. ...
The Barriers to PrEP Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs
Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at ...
New Jersey Harm Reduction Set to Grow After Atlantic City Legal Battle
A lawsuit between Atlantic City and a local syringe service program (SSP) may be ...
Santa Monica Lawmakers Bid to Stop Syringe Distribution in Parks
Lawmakers in Santa Monica, California are trying to stop sterile syringe distribution in public ...
“Where They’re At”—Harm Reduction in Rural America
On a warm winter night, a small group of harm reduction workers in Charleston, ...
