In 2018, the syringe service program (SSP) in Cabell County, West Virginia, was shuttered by the local health department. By…
In the summer of 1992, a few weeks after I'd learned I had HIV, I was down at the local…
Approximately 15 million people inject drugs, according to the best available evidence—equivalent to three in every 1,000 people on the…
On August 7, the Red Cross implemented a new blood donor eligibility assessment that doesn't discriminate against men who have…
Vending machines are increasingly being deployed to distribute harm reduction supplies in North America. As Filter has reported, they’re being…
Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at work. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), as they're…
A lawsuit between Atlantic City and a local syringe service program (SSP) may be nearing its end. The city has…
Lawmakers in Santa Monica, California are trying to stop sterile syringe distribution in public parks, restricting it largely to brick-and-mortar…
On a warm winter night, a small group of harm reduction workers in Charleston, West Virginia, stuffed the trunk of…
The town of Ipswich, Massachusetts is considering establishing a syringe service program (SSP). The effort to do so mirrors local…