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Meharry Medical College launches data science institute to improve care in minority populations

Meharry Medical College, a historically black college in Nashville, Tenn., unveiled a data science institute targeted toward minority populations Sept. 13.

Payers investing in housing to cut healthcare costs, AHIP says

Health insurance providers are increasingly designing programs to offer safe and affordable housing options to improve the health and reduce care costs for members at risk of homelessness, according to a report from America's Health Insurance Plans.

Jeff Bezos establishes $2B fund to support homeless relief, education efforts

Jeff Bezos has created the Day One Fund with a starting endowment of $2 billion to support nonprofits that help homeless families while also creating a new network of tuition-free preschools in low income areas.

America's uninsured rate remained relatively unchanged from 2016 to 2017

The number of uninsured people and the uninsured rate were not statistically different in 2017 compared to 2016, according to a report from the Census Bureau.

Most young adults don't receive timely medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder, study finds

Many adolescents and young adults with opioid use disorder aren't receiving medication-assisted treatment, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Physicians' poor addiction training makes healthcare's opioid battle like 'fighting World War II with only the Coast Guard'

Comprehensive addiction training is rare in American medical education, which denies physicians the necessary diagnostic and communication skills required to treat patients with substance use disorder, according to The New York Times.

Viewpoint: How drug exchange programs could save lives

Drug exchange programs, which would function along the same lines as a needle exchange program, could help public health officials prevent dangerous overdoses caused by tainted synthetic drugs, according to an op-ed written by Ian Ayers, PhD, professor at New…

57% of Americans have been surprised by a medical bill, most say insurers are to blame

Fifty-seven percent of Americans say they've received a surprise medical bill they thought would be covered by insurance, according to a recent survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.

68% of Americans would administer naloxone to overdose victim, poll finds

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, in April asked Americans to learn how to administer the opioid overdose antidote naloxone due to the rising cases of opioid overdoses. This prompted NPR to conducted a national poll, gauging Americans knowledge of…

Black patients more likely to have opioids prescriptions discontinued, study finds

Black patients receiving opioids are more likely than white patients to be tested for illicit drug use to have their opioid prescriptions cut if they test positive, according to a study published in Science Daily.