Public Health

While substance abuse experts say they think college campuses have still not fully acknowledged the rising prevalence of opioid abuse on campus, many schools have begun distributing anti-overdose drug naloxone to campus police and even students, according to The Wall…

Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order Wednesday declaring the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in the state of Florida.

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, along with state Attorney General Christopher Porrino and other state leaders, will lead a panel discussion for physicians and other medical professionals on the opioid epidemic.

Laws requiring physicians to check a patient's drug history in state databases help lower opioid abuse incidence, according to a paper in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy by Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University researchers.

Medicaid enrollees receive better or similar care as the uninsured and privately insured, suggests a recent study from The Commonwealth Fund.

Fatal drug overdoses involving methamphetamine increased by nearly 70 percent from 2015 to 2016 in Spokane County, Wash., according to a report from The Spokesman-Review citing data from the county medical examiner's office.

A California single-payer healthcare bill is one step closer to passage after approval from the Senate Health Committee, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

New York State lawmakers recently passed legislation targeting the opioid epidemic, according to a WGRZ report.

Babies who experience opioid withdrawal after being exposed to the drugs in utero are more likely to encounter educational difficulties in the future, according to a study from the CDC presented during the agency's Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference in Atlanta Monday.

The epidemic of opioid addiction in the U.S. is increasingly affecting older Americans, The Wall Street Journal reports.