Jan. 27, 2022 — It’s no secret that a particular public health epidemic has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic: drug overdose deaths. From May 2020 to April 2021, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose, according to the CDC. About 64% of those deaths were from opioids, mostly … Read more
By Robert Preidt and Robin FosterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens contributed to opioid overdoses and deaths in two Ohio counties, a federal jury in Cleveland found Tuesday. The first jury verdict in an opioids case came in the closely watched test case and may prove encouraging … Read more
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For at least two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been approving new formulations of prescription opioids without requiring drug manufacturers to gather important information on safety and effectiveness, a new study claims. The FDA approved dozens of these highly addictive … Read more