More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico, many hospitals are still suffering from power outages, leaving physicians and other healthcare professionals to administer medical attention by candlelight, CBS News reports.
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Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Medical Center and San Francisco-based Dignity Health's six Sacramento-area hospitals have received numerous patients from areas affected by the ongoing wildfires in Northern California, the Napa Valley Register reports.
The following lawsuits were announced or filed since June by counties, cities and states, seeking to recover funds spent addressing widespread illicit opioid use in each community.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., told Vox pharmaceutical companies should begin worrying about their role in the nation's opioid epidemic.
Bloomington-based Indiana University will invest $50 million to combat opioid addiction through a statewide initiative.
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Sick people across Puerto Rico can't get access to the care they need nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island, according to The New York Times.
Recreational opiate use and opiate addiction has taken many forms throughout history, according to PBS Newshour.
Oklahoma City-based Integris Health is planning to open Integris Arcadia Trails Center for Addiction Recovery in Edmond, Okla., which will provide treatment for addiction, mental illness and trauma.
Firefighters are battling more than a dozen wildfires across Northern California that forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate the region.
Firefighters are battling several wind-driven wildfires in Northern California that forced mass evacuations of healthcare facilities in the affected communities Monday morning.