Health Care August 2019

Duo To Push Opioid Settlement To Hospitals

The former governor of Ohio and the president of WVU are creating Citizens for Effective Opioid Treatment, a nonprofit to steer money from opioid settlements to hospitals.

Health Care August 2019

PSU Joining Mental Health Initiative

PSU is joining an initiative of the Jed Foundation to strengthen the university’s substance misuse, mental health and suicide prevention programs.

Health Care August 2019

Tracing Opioid Sales’ Money

The New York attorney general’s office is issuing subpoenas regarding the financial records of the Sackler family. The Sacklers own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

Health Care August 2019

Doctors Weigh In On New Green Card Rule

Health experts are warning that the new rule that would deny green cards to many immigrants using public assistance programs like Medicaid will lead to poorer health and rising costs.

Health Care August 2019

Billionaire Donates $35M To Universities

A billionaire has donated $10 million to the Stanford Microbiome Therapies Initiative and $25 million to launch the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine.

Health Care August 2019

Alabama Getting $6.3M To Fight Opioids

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is giving Alabama $6.3 million to help fight opioid addiction as part of a nationwide program to fight the opioid crisis.

Health Care August 2019

Quinnipiac U Getting $750K

Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine is receiving a $750,000 award, which will help fund the school’s first family medicine residency program.

Health Care August 2019

IU’s Cancer Center Gets NCI Designation

The National Cancer Institute has bestowed their highest recognition to The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center proclaiming it a Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Health Care August 2019

Trauma Care Honoree Named Interim Dean

Dr. John Fildes has been named interim dean of the School of Medicine at the UNLV. Dr. Fildes directed trauma care for some of the victims of the Las Vegas Strip massacre in 2017.

Health Care August 2019

Boom In Naloxone Tied To Fewer Drug Deaths

Naloxone, an overdose-reversing drug, is being tied to fewer drug-related deaths in the U.S. Overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in the United States in decades.

Health Care August 2019

Louisiana Launching Medical Marijuana

Louisiana is launching medical marijuana, making it the first Deep South state to dispense medical marijuana. More than 30 states (now including Louisiana) allow medical marijuana.

Health Care August 2019

SUNY Medical School Receives $2.7M Grant

SUNY’s Upstate Medical University College of Nursing has received a four-year, $2.7 million grant to support students who are interested in working in rural or underserved areas.