Opioid-related admissions and deaths in hospital intensive care units spiked significantly between 2009 and 2015, according to new research, published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
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One in twelve physicians accepted payment from drug manufactures selling prescription opioid painkillers, according federal records cited by STAT.
President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency, an action several states have already taken in response to the rising overdose death rates.
President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the nation's opioid crisis a national emergency, according to The Washington Post.
No declaration of national emergency: 5 key takeaways from the presidential opioid epidemic briefing
President Donald Trump declined his opioid commission's recommendation to declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency during a press briefing held Tuesday at his golf estate in Bedminster, N.J., reports STAT.
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Lollapalooza, the four-day Chicago music festival, sent 234 people to local hospitals this past weekend, down from 268 last year, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., treated about 30 patients after an early-morning tornado Sunday, according to a KOTV report, which cites information from the Associated Press.
The Drug Enforcement Administration on Friday proposed a reduction in U.S. opioid manufacturing to quell the nation's ongoing overdose epidemic, reports Reuters.
The Department of Justice formed an Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit to identify physicians and pharmacists illegally distributing opioids, according to remarks made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Columbus (Ohio) Police Academy Wednesday.
As opioid-related overdose deaths continue to climb, two experts recently mapped four changes to health policy and healthcare practices that could help deter one of the most pressing health crises facing the nation, according to STAT.