Public health officials call it “bluetoothing.” Others know it as “flashblooding” or “hotspotting.” It works like this: one ...

Talk about bad blood. Health experts are sounding the alarm over a disturbing trend where drug users swap blood to score a ...

A growing trend of injecting the blood of other drug users to get a quick high, a practice called “bluetoothing”, has been ...

The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Youth and other people abusing drugs need constant supply of needles, syringes and other ...

(CNN) — The percentage of overdose deaths linked to smoking drugs rose sharply in recent years, overtaking injection as the leading route of drug use involved in such deaths, according to a new report ...

When taken daily, pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a highly effective way to prevent HIV transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now a new study shows that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of low dead space syringes was associated with a 76% reduction in the odds of hepatitis C virus ...

Vol. 135, No. 1S, Supplement 1: Using Public Health Policy to Reduce the Morbidity, Mortality, and Incidence of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis (July/August 2020) ...