by Alex Watkins ONeill | Sep 23, 2025 | Content
Governor Josh Stein has proclaimed September as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disoders (FASD) Awareness month to highlight the message that no amount of alcohol is safe during pregnancy. The proclamation coincides with several national FASD awareness month observances that...
by Alex Watkins ONeill | Sep 16, 2025 | Content
Between 20-30% of patients presenting for outpatient care have unhealthy alcohol use, including risky use and alcohol use disorder (AUD), but only 17.4% of adults who drink have discussed this with their clinician and only 2.1% of clinicians use validated screening...
by Alex Watkins ONeill | Sep 12, 2025 | Overdose
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. Through the continued...
by Alex Watkins ONeill | Sep 2, 2025 | Content
Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance use disorder, according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics. And a significant number of those children have a parent whose addiction is moderate or severe as opposed to...
by Alex Watkins ONeill | Aug 19, 2025 | Content
As more adults over 65 develop chronic substance use problems, the landscape of available options, particularly for those who receive Medicare, is also rapidly changing. Deadly drug overdoses quadrupled for older adults between 2002 and 2021, but among Medicare...
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