HHS Opioid News Updates

Secretary Azar Statement on 2018 Provisional Drug Overdose Death Data

July 17, 2019

HHS Fact Sheet: Combating the Opioid Crisis

April 24, 2019

HHS releases additional $487 million to states, territories to expand access to effective opioid treatment; 2019 SOR grants will total $1.4 billion

March 20, 2019

HHS recommends prescribing or co-prescribing naloxone to patients at high risk for an opioid overdose

December 19, 2018

OCR Launches Public Education Campaign About Civil Rights Protections in Response to the National Opioid Crisis

October 25, 2018

HHS awards $50 million to assist American Indian and Alaska Native tribal efforts combating the opioid overdose epidemic

September 26, 2018

HHS announces $6.2 million in new grants in Fairbanks focusing on opioid and mental health services

September 24, 2018

HHS Sponsors Development of Intranasal Form of Long-acting Opioid Overdose Drug

September 20, 2018

HHS Awards Over $1 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis

September 19, 2018

SAMHSA announces $930 million funding opportunity to combat the opioid crisis

June 15, 2018

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Content last reviewed on May 7, 2018