American Hospital Association

HHS awards $1.5 billion in opioid response grants to states, tribal communities

HHS awards $1.5 billion in opioid response grants to states, tribal communities The Department of Health and Human Services ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in County Jails — Outcomes after Release

In 2019, seven county correctional facilities (jails) in Massachusetts initiated pilot programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). This ...

3 fatal overdoses in L.A. County linked to synthetic supplement sold at gas stations, smoke shops

Health officials are warning about the dangers of synthetic kratom compounds after they were linked to the overdose deaths of ...
Glenwood Springs Post Independent

How Colorado mountain communities are using national opioid settlement dollars to understand the local impact of epidemic

Colorado is expected to receive over $880 million in funds from national opioid settlements with pharmaceutical companies.
Native News Online

Indigenous OD Mortality Plummets in Minnesota, But Disparity Remains

Indigenous people face persistent disparities in access to harm reduction services in the United States. In response, Native ...
News Medical

California CA Bridge program expands opioid treatment across most emergency departments

A comprehensive study shows that California's CA Bridge program has successfully implemented opioid use disorder treatment services across more than 80% of the state's emergency departments, reaching ...

UT San Antonio providing medication, training at Texas colleges to prevent opioid deaths

Naloxone Texas, a program based at the University of Texas at San Antonio and its patient-care branch, UT Health, is ...
Morningstar

Drug overdoses spike 11% in older adults - and ageism keeps many from getting help

Fewer than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries with opioid-use disorders receive proper care, study finds In 2022, 52,000 Medicare beneficiaries experienced an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for ...
The Nation

This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction

Over the past decade, opioid overdose protections and programs like Project Weber-Renew have expanded, but with Trump back in office, this trend may be short lived. Employees with Project Weber-Renew ...
Health Affairs

Key-Informant Perspectives On Pharmacy-Based Methadone Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder In The US

Access to medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the pharmacy is internationally accepted; however, in the US, methadone treatment for OUD can only be provided by opioid treatment programs (OTPs ...
Hosted on MSN

Treating opioid addiction in jails: Study reports fewer overdoses and reduced reincarceration after release

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...
Health Affairs

Increasing Emergency Department Patient Navigation And Buprenorphine Use: A Model For Low-Barrier Treatment

Emergency departments (EDs) in the US treat large numbers of people with opioid use disorder (OUD), but most health systems do not equip EDs to provide OUD care. CA Bridge has supported the ...