Public Health

Opioids were involved in one out of every 65 deaths in the U.S. in 2016. For younger adults, that number jumped to one in five deaths, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

As the opioid crisis ravages the nation, emergency department physicians in Philadelphia are trying to use data and new interventions to change the way opioids are being prescribed, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.

Castle Craig Hospital in Peeblesshire, Scotland is opening a treatment center for people addicted to trading cryptocurrencies, according to Sky News.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, which comprises 39 hospitals across the U.S., operates a successful health plan — a venture few providers have found prosperity in.

Uber has shut down its autonomous driving program in Arizona after a fatal crash in Tempe, according to Reuters.

The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation predict there will be 3 million fewer Americans with health insurance in 2019 when the ACA's individual mandate is eliminated.

The Addiction Policy Forum released a hospital toolkit May 16 to educate emergency medicine providers, patients, families and policymakers on how to respond to the opioid crisis.

A recent press release by Cigna discusses their new online campaign launch to further their commitment to curbing the national opioid epidemic.

During President Donald Trump's first year in office, the uninsured rate for Americans ages 18-64 rose slightly to 12.8 percent, the same rate as 2015, according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control.

It is easy to get lost in the dizzying data of our nation’s overdose epidemic: 63,600 drug overdose deaths in 2016, a number larger than the entire population of Terre Haute, Indiana.