After this year's G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, China agreed to reclassify fentanyl as a controlled substance to restrict its illegal distribution to the United States, according to CNN.
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Retroactive denial policies for emergency room care, such as the one Anthem rolled out in several states, place a financial burden on patients and prevent them from seeking care, according to a Doctor-Patient Rights Project study.
Some of the drug marketplaces on the dark web operating in the U.K. have voluntarily banned the sale of fentanyl, the nation's National Crime Agency told The Guardian.
The Trump administration has been sending enrollees emails promoting the benefits of Medicare Advantage ahead of the Medicare enrollment deadline on Dec. 7, The New York Times reports.
Paradise, Calif.-based Adventist Health Feather River Hospital, a 101-bed facility that sustained significant damage during the deadly California Camp Fire in early November, plans to reopen "no matter what," according to the Chico Enterprise-Record.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies will invest $50 million to fight the nationwide opioid epidemic in up to 10 states over the next three years.
Adventist Health Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Calif., shut down in early November after sustaining extensive damage from a wildfire, but the hospital is taking steps to reopen.
Lawyers representing babies born dependant on opioids are seeking to separate their lawsuit from nationwide litigation against opioid manufacturers, according to Politico.
First lady Melania Trump held a town hall-style meeting at Lynchburg, Va.-based Liberty University Nov. 28 to discuss the opioid epidemic, according to an e-newsletter published by STAT.
The number of hospitalizations attributed to methamphetamines has jumped by 245 percent due to the opioid epidemic overshadowing increased meth use, according to a study published in JAMA.