One response to the growing number of opioid overdose deaths has been a slew of new initiatives to improve the way health care providers identify and support the recovery of their patients who have an opioid dependency. #nchealth #opioids #coronavirusnc northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Preliminary 2020 data shows the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated North Carolina’s opioid crisis, increasing overdose-related ER visits by 23%. But Suboxone, a drug that can help, is still too hard to get. #nchealth #opioids #harmreduction northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Are you registered for our first Health Care Half Hour? Join us for a conversation on the use and overuse of involuntary commitments of patients seeking psychiatric care in North Carolina. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis…

The opioid overdose crisis has highlighted the need for more medication-assisted therapy. Reporter Melba Newsome talked one doctor who swore he would never prescribe Suboxone. Now he trains other health care providers on its proper use. #nchealth #ncnews northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

As of June 9, just 54 percent of adults over the age of 18 have received one dose of vaccine, and 50 percent have received both doses. That’s far short of the rate required for “herd immunity,” so COVID testing is still necessary. #coronavirusnc #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

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