Public Health

Video has surfaced of four constables violently beating a man at Wilmington (Del.) Hospital on Feb. 24, The News Journal reports. The hospital is a part of Wilmington-based Christiana Care Health System.

If the United States is to successfully curb the rates of opioid abuse among its citizenry, providers will play a crucial role in facilitating such progress, according to an article published in NEJM Catalyst.

Nearly one-fifth of patients suffering from an opioid abuse disorder died over the course of a four-year follow up period, according to a study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine.

While the United States saw a record high of 33,000 opioid-related deaths in 2015, new research from the CDC suggests this tally may be short of the actual cost of life associated with the most lethal drug epidemic in American…

Nearly 750 more practitioners around the country are now equipped to help patients fight opioid addiction, thanks to two federal agencies.

Ohio park rangers at Five Rivers MetroParks in Vandalia now carry the opioid overdose antidote Narcan while patrolling the regions 19 parks, according to a report from WDTN.

Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Wednesday dedicating $213 million in funds to curb the rising rates of opioid and heroin abuse across the state.

The Vermont Department for Children and Families reported 1,392 children in its custody in 2016, marking a significant increase from the 1,075 children reported in 2014, according to a WCAX report.

The Cherokee Nation filed a landmark lawsuit on Thursday, taking aim at the pharmaceutical industry for its role in allegedly flooding the tribe's communities with highly addictive opioid painkillers.

The federal government will provide $485 million in grants to fund evidence-based prevention and treatment initiatives to address the nation's opioid abuse crisis, HHS Secretary Tom Price, MD, said this week.