Tag: opioid crisis
NBC: Purdue Pharma, owners offer to settle suits for $10B-$12B
MIAMI – Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, are offering to settle more than 2,000 lawsuits against the company for $10 billion...
J&J shares rise as Oklahoma opioid fine seen less than expected
WILMINGTON, Del. – Johnson & Johnson shares rose as much as 5% after an Oklahoma judge ordered the company to pay far less than...
$155K in grants go toward fighting opioid crisis in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A total of more than $150,000 in grants has been awarded to a number of groups across Rhode Island to help combat...
$360K in grants awarded in Kent, Washington counties for fight against...
PROVIDENCE – Regional prevention coalitions in Kent and Washington counties have announced more than $360,000 in grants to be distributed among 15 community organizations...
Five Questions With: Rebecca Boss
Since 2017, Rebecca Boss has served as director of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. She came to the department...
OxyContin maker Purdue explores bankruptcy, WSJ and Reuters say
NEW YORK - Oxycontin-maker Purdue Pharma LP is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing as it faces hundreds of lawsuits over its role in...
CODAC honors Cicilline, supporters during 40th anniversary gala
NEWPORT – CODAC Behavioral Healthcare celebrated its 40th anniversary in Newport County at Salve Regina University on Oct. 25, honoring Rep. David N. Cicilline,...
R.I. receives $15M in federal funds to combat opioids
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $15 million to combat the opioid crisis from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the department...
R.I. receives $10M increase in opioid-mitigation funding
PROVIDENCE – Sens. Jack F. Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., led an effort to successfully change the grant formula for state opioid-mitigation funding...
Five Questions With: Jeffrey Hill
Jeffrey Hill has severed as the R.I. Department of Health’s violence and injury prevention coordinator since October 2016. Previously, he was the youth suicide...
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