Public Health

U.S. mortality rates for Americans ages 25 to 34 has  increase every year since an initial spike in 2010 due to opioid overdose-related deaths, according to federal data cited by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.   

At the height of the opioid epidemic, EMTs and paramedics have become the first point for help with opioid overdose victims unwilling or unable to seek treatment, according to Pensacola News Journal.

As Independence Day approaches, hospitals can expect a number of patients landing in emergency departments with fireworks-related injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission's 2017 Fireworks Annual Report found about 12,900 injuries treated in U.S. EDs during 2017 involved fireworks.

Physicians and nurse practitioners at Cleveland-based MetroHealth prescribed 3 million fewer opioid pills over the past 18 months.

Chicago-based Cook County Health and Hospitals System is implementing several changes at its facilities to boost patients' access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, a spokesperson told Becker's Hospital Review via email.

Federal regulators are turning to some of the top tech giants to help stop the sale of illegal opioids online, CNBC reports.

An increasing number of patients worry about developing an opioid addiction after surgery, but many are left with minimal options to aid their pain. To combat this issue, some companies are developing new ways of pain management through medical exercise,…

States have been underreporting opioid related deaths since 1999, according to a study published June 27 in Public Health Reports.

Between 2007 and 2016, Americans made roughly 11,000 emergency calls to U.S. poison control centers after a child or teen was exposed to buprenorphine, a prescribed medication used to help wean patients off opioids, according to a study published June…

Cambridge, Mass.- based Biobot Analytics is developing technology to measure traces of drugs in sewers. In doing so, researchers will be able to analyze patterns of ongoing drug use and provide communities with a tool to detect emerging public health…