Public Health

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.

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.

The fear of being arrested sometimes deters individuals from calling 911 after administering naloxone to someone experiencing an opioid overdose, suggests a survey conducted by researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed 11 special session bills designed to combat the state's opioid epidemic at three separate ceremonial events Monday.

CVS Health pledged $250,000 to the Woonsocket, R.I.-based Community Care Alliance to help launch an opioid abuse treatment center in Woonsocket, according to the American Pharmacist Association.