NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Inside emergency rooms, physicians are faced with patients around the clock, many of them facing life-or-death situations. Now, a life-saving service is expanding to three ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Ohio continues to battle an opioid epidemic, Ohio lawmakers are working to give people battling an addiction a new tool to break the cycle. House Bill 300 would set up a pilot ...
A couple of members of Congress are not giving up on finding ways to fight the substance abuse epidemic that has gripped our region. Last week, U.S. Reps. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio 12th, and Robin Kelly, ...
The opioid epidemic continues to rage across the country – and Pennsylvania is not immune from it. It’s been seven years since it was first designated a public health emergency, and it has continued ...
MADISON, Wis. -- Doctors and researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have developed an artificial intelligence tool to ensure some of our most ...
Billions in settlement dollars are helping EMS agencies modernize equipment, strengthen staffing and expand overdose response ...
TEXARKANA, Ark. — The Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership has launched an app to help fight the state’s opioid epidemic. The ReviveAR app is designed for those who are currently in their addiction ...
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found that tailored feedback to surgeons dramatically reduces excessive opioid prescriptions for common surgeries ...
Until recently, providers were prohibited from electronically prescribing controlled substances, but requiring electronic prescriptions for these drugs could be the key to fight opioid abuse. In a ...