Clinicians at Williamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna treated 51 people for heroin overdoses over a 48-hour period ending Friday, according to a statement on the hospital's Facebook page.
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GOP senators have added $45 billion to the Better Care Reconciliation Act and also included language to their healthcare bill that allows the application of Healthcare Savings Accounts toward insurance premiums, according to CBS News.
Ohio and other Rust Belt states are at the epicenter of the nation's opioid epidemic. Opioid-related deaths, which increased in Ohio by 775 percent between 2003 and 2015, have ravaged Ohio communities — and their finances.
The Marrieta (Ga.) Police Department on Monday warned the general public about the dangers of synthetic opioids in public spaces.
More than 650,000 people could die from opioid overdoses in the next decade, according to a worst-case scenario projection developed by an expert panel convened by STAT.
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Approximately 55,000 Philadelphians engage in risky opioid use, according to mini-documentary from VICE News on the heroin epidemic in Philadelphia.
In several major cities around the country, librarians are learning how to administer the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, according to a CNN report.
With recent projections placing 2016's opioid-related death total above 62,000, it's critical for the federal government to intensify its efforts to curb the rising rates of deaths attributable to opioid overdoses, according to an op-ed by Nicholas Kristof published in…
Hospitals in the western United States are treating an increased amount of patients for heat-related injuries as record-high temperatures scorch the region.
Between 2005 and 2014, opioid-related emergency department visits nearly doubled and opioid-related inpatient stays increased 64 percent, according to a statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.