Public Health

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.

Sibley Memorial Hospital (Washington, D.C.). Sibley Memorial Hospital opened a new patient tower in 2016 with an eye on environmentally friendly construction. The 50,000-square-foot tower houses a LEED gold certified radiation oncology center and two large vegetative roofs. The tower…

Richmond, Va.-based Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital achieved an 80 percent reduction in postoperative opioid use among laparoscopic colorectal surgical patients after implementing a new surgical recovery program, according to a report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Police arrested an Ohio man accused of stealing an ambulance with a patient and medic on board Oct. 20, reports WHIO-TV 7.

Republican Gov. John Kasich said his office is looking into whether drug distributors should be added as defendants in Ohio's opioid epidemic lawsuit, according to a report from the Statehouse News Bureau.

A new QuintilesIMS analysis found women use opioids far more than their male counterparts.