The Lake County Opiate Task Force announced this week its official name change to the Lake County Addiction Task Force. According to officials, the action marks a “significant step in the group’s ...

The tri-county coalition dedicated to community health and well-being is back in the public eye – with a new name and a new coordinator.

Omaha firefighter explains how to give Narcan in case of an opioid overdose LINCOLN — Nebraska Task Force 1 responds to some of the most devastating disasters, providing lifesaving recovery efforts ...

The Town of Smithtown has launched a new task force to develop solutions to the opioid crisis and educate people who are struggling with addiction. In February, the Smithtown Town Board ...

Manitowoc County Board voted to indefinitely postpone a decision on forming an Opioid Settlement Task Force. County Board President Tyler Martell proposed the task force to strategize the use of ...

The first round of $175,000 in Big Pharma funds goes to local agencies devoted to education, prevention, intervention, harm ...

Manitowoc County Board will vote on whether to create an Opioid Settlement Task Force to oversee the spending of opioid settlement funds. The county expects to receive $6 million through 2038 ...

Debbie met Stein not long after Hunter died in 2016 and has used the last 8-plus years to advocate for the dangers of opioids. Their connection became so strong that she shared her story in a series ...

Clay County has decided how it will spend money from lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies in a widespread effort to prevent future overdose deaths from opioids like fentanyl.

The Cass County Health Department is responding to the opioid crisis by providing free doses of NARCAN® (naloxone), an overdose prevention nasal spray, that is available for free in newspaper ...

"PAACA is part of the Greater New Bedford Opioid Task Force, a group of dozens of community organizations working with the city to figure out how to deploy the opioid settlement funds.Alves said ...