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A new study is looking to artificial intelligence to address the opioid crisis by identify people who may be at risk for opioid overdose.Researchers at…
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The University of Pittsburgh has received a $5.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research opioid use in Appalachia.The region has…
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration warned in 2016 that people became sick from fentanyl through skin contact or inhalation, but the American College…
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Opioid overdose deaths in western Pennsylvania dropped 43 percent in 2018 after several years of steady increases. Officials in the FBI-Pittsburgh field…
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Pittsburghers can now get free stickers, buttons and window decals that say, “We have Narcan in case of emergency.”Narcan is the brand name for naloxone,…
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Allegheny Health Network is implementing and expanding programs to treat substance use disorders. One change begins in the primary care office, where…
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The city with the highest opioid death rate of any large city in the United States could soon become the location of the nation's first supervised drug…
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Fewer Allegheny County residents are dying from opioid-related overdoses. Preliminary data from the county medical examiner show the number of…
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There’s plenty of political division and polarization in Washington, DC., but not when it comes to the opioid crisis, according to Sen. Pat Toomey. “There…
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Pennsylvania has a new online tool to report suspicious prescription drug activity, in an effort to curtail illicit opioid use.This web portal is part of…