JACKSON COUNTY, Ore.— Jackson County Public Health is issuing a health warning tonight after seeing a rise in accidental opioid overdoses. The warning is a yellow alert, and it comes after a cluster of emergency department visits for non-fatal overdoses ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Mercy Flights, Jackson County Public Health, and law enforcement agencies are working together to combat opioid overdoses in Jackson County. While none of the most recent opioid overdoses have been fatal, Jackson County Public Health says they’re ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Seven counties in Oregon are joined by 400 other jurisdictions filing a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. The lawsuit is against 19 pharmaceutical manufacturers and the counties are seeking damages based on the opioid epidemic. Right now ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – County health leaders across the state are coming together to tackle the opioid crisis. “Lines for Life” is hosting Oregon’s first ever state-wide workshop on opioids, pain and addiction treatment Thursday to Saturday. The event is meant ...
Medford, Ore.- Jackson County says they’ve seen a drastic increase in opioid deaths. So far ten people have died of opioid overdoses in the last two months. “To put that in perspective we had four such deaths in 2016, six ...
Medford, Ore.- A local cab company is taking on the opioid epidemic. “The drivers as you can imagine, see a lot of stuff at night that we don’t want to see but nonetheless it happens,” Valley Cab owner Craig Owen ...
Jackson County, Ore. — Jackson County’s medical leaders are worried a new trend may be taking hold. Seven opioid deaths have been reported in the last four weeks. Experts say it could be the beginning of a new wave of ...
Medford, Ore. — Rogue Community Health is working to get naloxone into the hands of its patients. The drug counteracts opioid and heroin overdoses. Rogue Community Health Pharmacy staff said current patients can get the antidote at little to no ...
Washington, D.C. (CNN) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday announced what officials call the largest health care fraud enforcement action in Justice Department history. Sessions says upwards of 400 people nationwide stand charged in health care fraud schemes resulting ...
Washington, D.C. – For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting the removal of a prescription opioid from the market due to public health consequences from abuse. The FDA is requesting Endo Pharmaceuticals remove Opana ER ...