Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., plans to implement a new cogeneration system that will significantly reduce its carbon emissions and cut its energy spending by up to $1.5 million a year, the Times Free Press reports.
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The opioid epidemic has grown into a pressing political issue, which many midterm election campaigns aim to bring to the forefront of their platform, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health saw a 161 percent increase in emergency room visits involving scooters this year after comparing its statistics with the same three-month period in 2017, The Washington Post reports.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, said Americans must change the way they discuss the opioid epidemic and addiction in a Sept. 20 report entitled, 'Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Spotlight on Opioids.'
The Senate passed its opioid bill Sept. 17 with bipartisan support. The Opioid Crisis Response Act aims to prevent illicit fentanyl trafficking, make individuals and institutions accountable for drug diversion and improve patient access to treatments, according to STAT.
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Emergency medical services and fire department personnel in Washington, D.C., responded to a spike in patients with a suspected synthetic marijuana overdose — taking dozens of people to hospitals during a 24-hour period between Sept. 12-13, The Washington Post reports.
It is important to address both those already addicted to opioids as well as preventing opioid addiction. For more than 24 years, I practiced as a general internist and treated both types of patients: those addicted to opioids and others…
Hurricane Florence, which touched down Sept. 14 in North and South Carolina, caused damage that Moody's Analytics estimates will cost $17 billion to $22 billion, according to CNBC.
Stephen Colbert discussed the opioid epidemic and took aim at pharmaceutical companies during a "Late Show" segment Sept. 14, according to Rolling Stone.
Hurricane Florence touched down on the Southeastern coastline Sept. 13. While experts downgraded the hurricane to a Category 1 storm, the disaster has left large swaths of the Carolinas flooded as rain continues to batter the area, CNN reports.