(Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a two-part series in which reporter Briana Wipf looks at the opioid epidemic in Montana and how communities in the Golden Triangle area are addressing the problem.) In Cut Bank, Glacier Community … Read More
The Camden County Sheriff’s Office has received a grant from the Missouri Board of EMS that will provide funding for deputies to be equipped with Narcan, an FDA-approved nasal spray form of naloxone that can alleviate the effects of an … Read More
Arizona hurts opiate addicts who want to quit their habit by unfairly restricting alternative versions of a popular anti-opiate drug, a group of doctors prepared to argue before a state panel on Tuesday, April 17. Several doctors were scheduled to … Read More
Dramatic video released Saturday shows police in Ohio saving a life with the anti-overdose drug Narcan. However, the life saved was not that of a person who is addicted to drugs. The heart-pounding footage was released on the heels of … Read More
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The abuse of opioid drugs is a public health crisis in Wisconsin. It’s killed hundreds in each of the last few years. What no one knows yet is how to stop it. That’s what people were … Read More
KENNEBUNK — Police Officer Juliet Angis said it was about three years ago that she started noticing something different while she was out on patrol in Kennebunk. “I started noticing needles here on the street. It was something I had … Read More
Thousands of lives will be saved thanks to Ohio-based healthcare company Cardinal Health’s donation of more than 80,000 doses of Narcan (naloxone HCI) Nasal Spray to first responders and law enforcement agencies across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. As part … Read More
GREEN BAY — Gov. Scott Walker has signed two more bills designed to fight opioid abuse. The governor signed the bills Monday in Green Bay. “Wisconsin is leading the nation when it comes to addressing opioid and heroin abuse,” Governor … Read More
US Medicare will pay hospitals close to its standard mark-up rate for administering the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy Yescarta for cancer outpatients, who will have a co-payment of nearly $80,000, Reuters reported. Yescarta is approved for patients with a … Read More
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