Mercy Clinic Oncology and Hematology in Norman (Okla.) has been closed since Feb. 27 after a burst pipe caused water damage, according to The Norman Transcript.
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The Cabell County (W.V.) Commission on Thursday filed suit against drug wholesalers and pharmaceutical retailers to recoup finances spent addressing the high rates of opioid abuse in the community, according to a report from The Herald-Dispatch.
A team of surgeons at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., conducted an initiative that reduced opioid prescriptions for a number of minor procedures by 53 percent. Despite the reduction in prescriptions, patients still didn't use all the pills they…
Drug overdose deaths in West Virginia have overwhelmed the state's indigent burial program for the fifth consecutive year, according to The Washington Post.
The majority of Americans (57 percent) have been prescribed narcotic painkillers, according to a Truven Health Analytics-NPR Health Poll survey.
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Boston Medical Center will launch the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine after receiving a $25 million donation to fund the center, according a report from the Boston Globe.
Despite living amid a well-documented national opioid epidemic, patients taking prescription opioids show little concern over addiction risks associated with the drugs, according to a recent NPR-Truven Health Analytics poll.
Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is targeting the opioid abuse crisis in his state by increasing funds and coordination between jurisdictions to boost treatment and prevention efforts.
Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, introduced a bill to the California Legislature on Wednesday that would issue a one-cent-per-milligram surcharge on prescription opioids.
Orange County Florida has seen a significant increase in infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome — a condition that stems from women using opioids during pregnancy, according to the Orlando Sentinel.