Public Health

President Donald Trump told reporters on Oct. 16 he'd officially declare the nation's ongoing opioid overdose crisis a national emergency this week. The move would be unprecedented on the national scale, according to a report from ABC News.

Fulton County officials filed a lawsuit on Monday against multiple drugmakers, drug distributors and physicians for their alleged role in facilitating high rates of opioid overdoses in the Georgia county, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the nation, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, says he regrets the agency's previous inaction in response to the crisis , reports USA Today.

The American Hospital Association released a new toolkit — Stem the Tide: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic.

Beaumont Medical Center-West Bloomfield (Mich.) temporarily closed Tuesday after a water main break in suburban Detroit Monday evening.

San Francisco-based McKesson Corp., a supply chain management company that partners with pharmaceutical manufacturers, providers and pharmacies, expressed support for declaring the U.S.' opioid epidemic a national emergency.

The FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday conducted raids on at least five Pennsylvania Advanced Urgent Care centers in Scranton, State College and the Philadelphia area, according to report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

A water main break Monday evening has left Providence Park Hospital in Novi, Mich., and Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in Bloomfield Township, Mich., without water service, according to CBS Detroit.

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System-St. Thomas Campus resumed inpatient services at 7 a.m. Tuesday after a fire broke out in the building's basement Oct. 13, forcing officials to close and evacuate the facility.

Nevada's Interim Finance Committee on Oct. 19 approved the use of more than $1 million to launch an initiative designed to reduce opioid overdoses in the state.