Morehead Memorial Hospital, a 108-bed nonprofit hospital in Eden, N.C., closed its Novant Health Oncology Specialists clinic June 28 before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy July 10, RockinghamNow reports.
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The number of car accidents involving fatally injured drivers with opioids in their system increased by seven-fold in six states from 1995 to 2015, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
San Francisco-based Blue Shield of California reported a 32 percent decrease in opioid consumption among noncancer members during the first two years of its narcotic safety initiative.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, R, faced immediate scrutiny after signing an executive order last week to create a state prescription drug monitoring program. Unlike other PDMPs, the Missouri program would not permit physicians and pharmacists to access the database.
The HHS' Office of Women's Health on Tuesday awarded 16 grants of $100,000 each to public and private nonprofit organizations across the country.
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Republican Governor Chris Christie on July 21 signed four pieces of legislation addressing opioid addiction in New Jersey.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Sunday said the presidential opioid commission's inaction is prolonging the nation's opioid epidemic, according to the New York Daily News.
About 184 million opioid painkillers were distributed across the Cherokee Nation's 14 counties in northeast Oklahoma from 2015 through 2016, according to data compiled by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Richmond Va.-based Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center evacuated staff and informed patients of cancellations after a serious sewage leak seeped into the basement where medical equipment is sterilized, according to NBC 12.
Rural Americans wait nearly twice as long for emergency medical service personnel to arrive at the scene of an emergency than individuals in urban or suburban areas, according to a research letter published in JAMA Surgery.