The world may be poised for a drug abuse pandemic of global proportions, suggests Robert Gebelhoff in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
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Fort Myers, Fla.-based Gulf Coast Medical Center is urging patients to use other healthcare facilities in the region as there is severe overcrowding in its emergency room, according to a News-Press report.
The nation's first Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge is calling on the federal government to improve screening for the international shipment of synthetic opioids via the United States Postal Service, according to Trib Live.
New Orleans hospitals are working to treat the more than 31 people injured after five confirmed tornadoes caused extensive damage in east Louisiana and Mississippi Tuesday, according to an ABC News report.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources launched a statewide naloxone distribution project designed to curb high rates of opioid overdose deaths in the state.
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The CDC's most recentMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report examines a string of fentanyl overdoses that occurred in New Haven, Conn., on June 23, 2016.
A repeal of the ACA could have detrimental implications for the future of the nation's ongoing and unprecedented drug overdose epidemic, according to a Health Affairs blog post.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) put forth a set of legislative proposals on Jan. 24 designed to curb the rising rates of opioid-related deaths in the state. Among the proposals is a measure that would limit the duration of first-time…
The Montgomery County Coroner's Office in Dayton, Ohio has already handled 163 opioid deaths in 2017. The influx of bodies forced the office to reach out to local funeral parlors for additional storage, according to The New York Times.
With national events like the World Series or Super Bowl, hospitals in host cities expect and prepare for large crowds and an uptick in emergency visits. In contrast to the North Side of Chicago (which hosted its first World Series…