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Xylazine, a destructive veterinary anesthetic, is popping up in the illicit opioid supply throughout the Northeast. Harm reduction providers say it is just the latest in an increasingly synthetic and evolving drug market.

"It got to the point that we realized we were going to have to cut back on the amount that we give to people and we really had to ration our supplies."

Despite issues with the federal response to COVID, it was much faster than other medical emergencies.

Although the trend is heading in the right direction, John Barry, Executive Director of the Southern Tier AIDS Program, said the state's ballooning budget has impacted some harm reduction programs and resulted in new infections.

New York announced the largest decrease in HIV diagnoses since the state started the "Ending the Epidemic" initiative. Governor Cuomo’s goal is to end the epidemic by 2020.

The Southern Tier AIDS Program wants to open a research pilot site in Ithaca.