#Opioids

New Medicaid Policy Will Help States Better Fight the Opioid Crisis

Hepatitis C prevalence was higher among people with unstable housing and those who injected drugs every day.

National Recovery Month (Recovery Month), which started in 1989, is a national observance held every September.

The awards to states and local health departments marked Overdose Awareness Day on August 31.

Study authors suggest obstetricians routinely screen all pregnant women for hepatitis C.

More research is needed on the diverse biological, behavioral and social factors underlying sex-based differences in drug use.

Addiction is a chronic illness requiring constant vigilance, and relapses are part of the journey to recovery.

Clinical characteristics linked to HCV, including substance use, has also increased over the past 20 years.

Study findings support the continuation of telehealth services for opioid use disorder and related care.

Changes will affect nursing home and hospital staffing, delivery of addiction treatment and COVID data reporting.

Born of efforts to fight the nation’s overdose crisis, the guidance led to legal restrictions on doctors’ ability to prescribe painkillers...

Breakthrough findings from NIH study could lead to more effective prevention and treatment strategies.

Grants will improve access to medication for opioid use disorder and overdoses, provide pharmacist training and more.

The Grand Plan Study showed that a multidisciplinary program can produce a high cure rate with little loss to follow-up.

These data are consistent with a recent study reporting expansion was not associated with an increase in methadone-involved overdose deaths.

Scientists will test community-based approaches to prevent drug overdoses and curb high death rates.

Amid this crisis, state and local government officials have enacted laws and ordinances that make clean syringes harder to get.