Opioids

Healthcare

House panel to consider dozens of bills catered to fighting opioid abuse

Robert King -

April 4, 2018 11:58 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, meet before the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Healthcare

Key Senate health committee presses forward on opioid legislation

Kimberly Leonard -

April 4, 2018 10:44 pm

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Monday that he needs more staffers to intercept opioids that are being disguised as other drugs and supplements.

Healthcare

FDA’s Scott Gottlieb calls on social media sites to better police opioid ads

Robert King -

April 4, 2018 7:35 pm

Healthcare

Trump administration introduces policies to lower drug costs in Medicare

Robert King -

April 2, 2018 9:44 pm

Workers assemble sedans in an automaker's plant.

Economy

Manufacturing losses have fueled opioid addiction: Study

Joseph Lawler -

April 2, 2018 5:02 pm

Healthcare

Trump says opioid crisis linked to ‘sanctuary’ cities

Steven Nelson -

March 31, 2018 3:40 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced on Tuesday that Alex Azar (pictured above), President Trump's nominee to become Secretary of Health and Human Services, will be part of a hearing next week.

Healthcare

HHS Secretary Alex Azar appoints advisers on drug prices, opioids

Kimberly Leonard -

March 29, 2018 8:32 pm

Healthcare

Drug overdoses soar in 2016, fueled by fentanyl

Robert King -

March 29, 2018 5:00 pm

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. With an overdose epidemic worsening, nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for commonly abused opioids such as OxyContin and fentanyl in 2015.

Healthcare

Democrats call for opioid crisis to be treated like AIDS epidemic

Robert King -

March 29, 2018 2:26 pm

A naloxone nasal injector is demonstrated during a news conference. It is becoming easier for friends and family of heroin users or patients abusing strong prescription painkillers to get access to naloxone, a powerful, life-saving antidote, as state lawmakers loosen restrictions on the medicine to fight a growing epidemic.

Healthcare

Medicaid-covered opioid abuse treatments skyrocket

Robert King -

March 28, 2018 2:24 pm

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Tag: Opioids

House panel to consider dozens of bills catered to fighting opioid abuse

Key Senate health committee presses forward on opioid legislation

FDA’s Scott Gottlieb calls on social media sites to better police opioid ads

Trump administration introduces policies to lower drug costs in Medicare

Manufacturing losses have fueled opioid addiction: Study

Trump says opioid crisis linked to ‘sanctuary’ cities

HHS Secretary Alex Azar appoints advisers on drug prices, opioids

Drug overdoses soar in 2016, fueled by fentanyl

Democrats call for opioid crisis to be treated like AIDS epidemic

Medicaid-covered opioid abuse treatments skyrocket

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