A group of 15 U.S. senators recently sent a letter to Dr. Joshua Gordon, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) director, urging the agency to make studying the impact of the pandemic on the menta...
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Between April 2018 to Dec. 3, 2020, there has been a 63.5 percent increase in hepatitis A infections in North Carolina, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). ...
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AcelRX and the National Rural Health Association announced Friday that they had entered into an agreement to co-develop and execute a marketing plan for the drug manufacturer’s opioid analgesic, Dsu...
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Patients at risk for opioid misuse were prescribed opioids for noncancer pain at a similar rate to those not at risk, Saint Louis University researchers found. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)...
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently awarded the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) a $32 million grant to address opioid use disorders and stimulant use...
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More than 50 percent of the behavioral health facilities have at least one COVID-19 case while 14 percent have had 10 or more cases, according to a recent report released by U.S. Sens. Carolyn B. Malo...
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U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced into Congress Monday a bill designed to improve mental health services for students in primary and secondary schools. The Youth Mental Health Services Act ...
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Prescient Medicine Holdings, an insights-based health tools company, recently announced it has rebranded itself SOLVD Health. The new name, the company said, better reflects its mission to provide ...
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Opioid overdose deaths involving more than one substance are more common in youth, a new study from Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction has found. The new research shows that co...
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A recent report by addiction research, treatment, and policy experts provides recommendations on how investments can improve the addiction treatment system. The report, Evidence Based Strategies fo...
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The American Hospital Association (AHA), American College of Surgeons (ACS), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) released an updated ...
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The California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA), in conjunction with the Alcohol Justice, held its fifth annual summit virtually over three days earlier this month. CAPA pursues advocacy and policy c...
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U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) want the General Accounting Office (GAO) to investigate mandatory work requirements at drug and alcohol treatment facilities that receive fe...
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Approximately one in five adults in the United States, 50.6 million people, used tobacco products in 2019, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. The CDC analyzed d...
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The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education have failed to clearly define how their grant programs support the National Dr...
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Legislation introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly would expand the tracking of narcotics deaths linked to the use of drugs to treat opioid addiction. House Bill 1662 amends the state’s ...
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On Monday, Mantra Health announced that it is launching a managed care program to help colleges and universities offer mental health services for their students. The collaborative, closed-loop men...
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A model of airway tissue created from human stem cells potentially shows why COVID-19 infections are more severe in smokers. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers used an air-liqu...
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A new resource, developed by the American Pharmacists Association, identifies how pharmacists can engage their patients in tobacco cessation interventions. The report, “Promising Practices for P...
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A researcher at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has published a study on what strategies hospitals should adopt to address the opioid epidemic. Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., an a...
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