Texas A&M University Health Science Center in Bryan established a multidisciplinary opioid task force that aims to "reduce the burdens of opioid addiction, misuse and overdose on individuals, families, communities and the health care system," according to the organization.
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Dublin, Ireland-based drugmaker Adapt Pharma on March 19 expanded its program to deliver free supplies of the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan to high schools and universities nationwide.
Medicaid provides essential funding and health coverage for addiction services in the large swaths of America wracked by the opioid overdose crisis that resulted in more than 42,000 deaths nationwide in 2016, according to a report conducted by Manatt Health.
President Donald Trump will introduce his administration's plan to address the nation's opioid overdose epidemic March 19 in New Hampshire, according to CNN.
A job-related dispute led a hospital employee to open fire inside Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Hospital-Highlands March 14, according to CBS News.
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The media is full of stories about the epidemic of opioid addiction in our country, and indeed, the crisis is real.
In the past two years, the opioid epidemic in the US has reached a tipping point. The New York Times reports that in 2016, roughly 64,000 people were killed by opioid-related overdoses, including from prescription painkillers and heroin. How can…
A gunman opened fire at Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Hospital-Highlands March 14, shooting two employees before killing himself, according to The New York Times.
Hundreds of governmental entities have filed lawsuits to recoup funds expended addressing the opioid crisis. The lawsuits have primarily targeted drugmakers and drug distributors for allegedly engaging in deceptive marketing campaigns to promote the widespread use of opioids.
Pediatric emergency room visits from an acute allergic reaction, or anaphylaxis, to food and other allergens rose 150 percent from 2010-16, according to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's Health of America report.