Compared to 2006, 2014 saw 61 percent more alcohol-related emergency department visits even though the same nine-year period saw only a 2 percent increase in per capita alcohol consumption, according to a study published in the journal Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental…
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Hiawatha (Kansas) Community Hospital announced it will close its Home Health Agency by April 30, immediately sparking concern from Kansas public health officials, according to Hiawatha World.
With President Donald Trump's 90-day declaration of the opioid crisis as an official public health emergency set to expire Jan. 23, public health officials and addiction treatment advocates are arguing the administration has not fully leveraged resources available under the…
Top administrative officials in Philadelphia are pushing for the city to become the first in the United States to open a safe injection site for drug users, according to a report from NPR.
A federal judge is overseeing the consolidation of more than 200 opioid lawsuits filed by counties, states and hospitals, among other entities, against drugmakers and distributors. The judge on Tuesday called for attorneys representing both sides to achieve a swift…
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After implementing new regulations, Pennsylvania physicians prescribed 12 percent fewer opioids in the third quarter of 2017 than they did in the same period one year prior, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Renown Institute for Health Innovation, a Nevada-based nonprofit that launched the Healthy Nevada Project, is planning to expand the project by collaborating with Helix, a personal genomics company.
Democratic Governor Tom Wolf will issue a statewide disaster declaration regarding Pennsylvania's opioid epidemic Wednesday, according to a report from Penn Live.
Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will host a conversation on the opioid epidemic with U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, on Jan. 24.
Baltimore County will file a lawsuit against drugmakers and drug distributors to recoup county funds expended in response to the opioid crisis, according to an announcement made by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz Monday.