The CDC clarified aspects of its opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic pain in an April 9 letter to three cancer organizations, reports Medscape. The groups met with CDC leaders in fall 2018, ...

The communications campaign will run for 14 weeks in Ohio, Kentucky, Massachusetts and New Mexico, sharing the stories of people who have lost loved ones to opioid overdoses and those recovering from ...

The probability of chronic opioid use spikes after just a few days of prescribed use, according to a new study published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. For the study, CDC ...

The nation's top public health agency is proposing changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...

The CDC launched an online training course focused on opioid prescription practices. The series features eight modules, of which one has been released thus far. The training program offers ...

The opioid epidemic in the United States shows no signs of slowing, according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that ...

Fewer patients are leaving emergency departments with opioid prescriptions, a continuation of a trend that began a decade ago, according to CDC data brief released Jan. 19. In 2019 to 2020, 8 percent ...

Babies who experience opioid withdrawal after being exposed to the drugs in utero are more likely to encounter educational difficulties in the future, according to a study from the CDC presented ...

While opioid prescriptions have declined since 2010, the amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 was still three times higher than in 1999, according to the CDC’s most recent Morbidity and Mortality ...

Suspected opioid overdoses seen in emergency departments across the U.S. increased by nearly 30 percent between July 2016 and September 2017, according to the CDC‘s March 6 Vital Signs report. The ...