Public Health

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.

Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett at a Thursday press conference said the city of Indianapolis plans to sue drugmakers and distributors for their role the city's opioid crisis, according to IndyStar.

Puerto Rico hospitals are "still in crisis" two weeks after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on the island, reports NBC News.

Just two percent of American adults said the nation's opioid crisis improved over the past year, while nearly two-thirds said the crisis worsened, according to a recent survey sponsored by PBS NewsHour and conducted by Marist Poll.

Children’s Health (Dallas).Children’s Health is the second-largest healthcare system user of renewable energy in the nation, and it is on track to become the largest renewable electricity user among pediatric healthcare providers. Renewable energy provides around 25 percent of the…

Kaiser Permanente Irvine (Calif.) Medical Center.Kaiser Permanente Irvine Medical Center has embarked on several projects to reduce its environmental impact. The hospital’s goals are in line with those of Kaiser Permanente’s Environmental Stewardship program, which aims to buy all of…

Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore). Sustainability is a top priority for Johns Hopkins Hospital. The hospital installed a solar farm, has more than 65,000 square feet of green roofing and holds a farmer’s market six months out of the year. Johns…