Post-overdose outreach programs have proliferated as Massachusetts communities seek to respond to the opioid overdose crisis, driven by fentanyl in the illicit drug supply and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 14, 2023
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When police get suspected drug abusers treatment rather than arresting them, those people are less likely to abuse drugs or commit drug-related crimes in the future, new, limited research finds. This kind of police intervention ...
Sep 14, 2023
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The United States is experiencing its highest overall death rates in more than a century, fueled in part by drug overdose mortality. The origins of the current epidemic are due, at least in part, to a 1986 World Health Organization ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Heat-related illness and deaths in California and the U.S. are on the rise along with temperatures, and an increase in drug use and homelessness is a significant part of the problem, according to public health officials and ...
Sep 11, 2023
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As part of its partnership with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Medical Care has published its article collection, which provides specific information about the costs that health care systems can ...
Sep 8, 2023
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Recently published research from the University of Minnesota Medical School suggests individuals with hepatitis C should consider revaccination for hepatitis B. The study was published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Sep 7, 2023
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Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids, she never lost faith that she would someday have a child.
Sep 4, 2023
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Fearful of risking their jobs, jeopardizing state funding for their institutions, and further politicizing health care, Florida hospital leaders have been reluctant to speak out against a new law that requires them to ask ...
Aug 24, 2023
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In a new commentary, public health experts from several prominent universities suggest that both patients and health care professionals should draw upon lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to mask up ...
Aug 22, 2023
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People may assume that a COVID-19 infection protects them the next time they encounter the virus, but that's not necessarily true.
Aug 21, 2023
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