At Faster Paths, a bridge clinic for substance use disorder at Boston Medical Center, the demand for methadone treatment last year came quickly and entirely through word of mouth. “Once we started, demand skyrocketed,” says Jessica Taylor, MD, medical...
The intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, close to methadone clinics and Boston Medical Center, has become Boston’s visible epicenter of opioid addiction and homelessness. Unhealthy, unsafe conditions have affected local school children...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were several HIV outbreaks happening in various locations in the United States among people who inject drugs (PWID). Studies published in 2018 and 2019 demonstrated that injection opioids, including fentanyl, and methamphetamines...
When Joseph Shay heard that a woman was overdosing across the street, he didn’t hesitate. “I just grabbed the Narcan and a facial barrier and ran over there,” he recalls. The woman had vomited, and first responders at the scene were hanging back, reluctant to get...
During the unprecedented nationwide public health emergency caused by the coronavirus, many physicians are searching for ways to maintain access to patients who cannot come in for treatment. But for Jessica Taylor, MD, an addiction medicine specialist, the COVID-19...