Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition and county efforts address opioid crisis
Health workers in Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Des Moines push harm reduction through outreach and services while Linn County forms a 30-member steering committee to expand access and education. Officials back state bills to improve monitoring prescribing guidelines and naloxone use.
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Iowa
Harm Reduction Coalition
Sarah Ziegenhorn
The
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Linn County
Pramod Dwivedi
STAT
Linn County Public Health
Dwivedi
Linn County Board of Health
National Safety Council
Dale Woolery
House
Senate
Woolery
Office of Drug Control Policy
Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Alex Flescher
Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition
Cedar Rapids
Health gap narrows for premature deaths among blacks
University of Pittsburgh researchers analyzed 60 million U.S. death records from 1990 to 2014 showing a 28 percent drop in years of life lost for blacks due to lower heart disease, HIV, and cancer deaths. White deaths rose in part from overdoses, while overall life expectancy rose 10 percent.
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Philadelphia
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
U.S
Donald 8. Burke
Burke
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