Tag: opioid crisis

News Roundup

WVU President, Kasich Form Nonprofit Regarding Opioid Settlement Funds

West Virginia University president Dr. Gordon Gee has partnered with former Ohio Gov. John Kasich to form “Citizens for Effective Opioid Treatment,” a nonprofit meant to advocate for hospitals in an ongoing battle over who will receive money from a national opioid settlement, the Associated Press reported. Gee and Kasich know each other from when […]

August 22, 2019

News Roundup

Overdose Death Trend Shifts from Rural Back to Urban

U.S. drug overdose deaths, most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, are back to being more concentrated in big cities, according to an Associated Press story. According to a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both urban and rural overdose death rates have been rising, but […]

August 5, 2019

Health

Sacred Heart Gets $2.4M to Combat Opioid Crisis Among Underserved

Connecticut residents are more likely to die of an unintentional drug overdose –most from prescription opioids – than in a car accident, according to Connecticut’s Department of Public Health. That’s why Sacred Heart University, based in Fairfield, Conn., is taking new steps to combat the opioid crisis. It just accepted a $2.4-million grant for a […]

July 22, 2019