Search Tag: health emergency

2023 26 Jul

In 2017, the U.S. declared the opioid epidemic as a public health emergency.   In 2021, over 80,000 U.S. residents lost their lives to opioid overdose. Public health interventions are being launched in the aim of reducing opioid-related overdose deaths.   The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the already challenging opioid...Read more

2021 29 Jan

Presenters Dr. Chethan Bachireddy Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services Sarah Grant Communications Director, Maine DHHS (MaineCare) Traylor Rains JD, Deputy State Medicaid Director, Oklahoma DHS (SoonerCare) Find CCHP on Social Media      Read more

2020 30 Jan

The Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) will be reconvened by the World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today. The meeting is planned to start at 13:30 Geneva time.   The virus, named 2019-nCoV, originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, apparently from wild animals sold at a market, with...Read more