The CDC released updated provisional drug overdose death counts based on data from the National Vital Statistics System. The...
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PA: Crisis in Kensington – Opioids hit Philadelphia like an atomic bomb. (First Story in a Series)
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThis man is documenting the fallout. Frank Rodriguez suffered in a Philadelphia open-air drug market. Now he’s looking to humanize...
A drug normally used for horses is being mixed with dangerous street drugs and is being sold on the...
US: HDA Urges FDA To Adopt Alternatives to Broad DSCSA Enforcement Discretion
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAssociation Calls for Narrow Exemptions As November Final Compliance Deadline Nears The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) urged the Food...
US: ‘Killnet’ has allegedly exfiltrated data from hospitals, health systems
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertOn Jan. 31, ‘Killnet,’ a Russian-based hacking group claimed to have taken down multiple hospital and health system websites across the...
WI: New Jersey Man and Company Operating Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities in Wisconsin Charged with Health Care Fraud
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Healthcare Fraud A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned...
With opioid pain medication increasingly harder to obtain in the United States, a growing number of Americans are heading...
US: Lawmakers Worry X-Waiver Elimination Could Stir Buprenorphine Diversion
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertHouse members also look for ways to stop drug trafficking on Snapchat Could dropping the “X-waiver” have unintended consequences?...
Over 99% of what we see are fake. They contain fentanyl. Sitting among the warehouses of Dulles, Virginia, is...
US: Mailing abortion pills could break law, Republican AGs tell pharmacies
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA group of 20 Republican state attorneys general on Wednesday told Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA.O) and CVS Health...