opioid crisis

• Agencies launch competition to improve opioid detection in mail

  The opioid addiction crisis keep spreading and the federal government keeps marshaling more resources to try and roll it back.

  Federal Drive

  March 14, 2019
• How HHS is developing a data strategy to help predict the next public health crisis

  The Health and Human Services Department said it's not yet positioned to use data to predict what the next public health crisis might be, but it's developing a new data sharing strategy to launch the agency in the right direction.

  Technology

  October 11, 2018
• NIH director talks HEAL Initiative to fight opioid crisis

  The opioid overuse crisis has drawn several federal agencies into the battle to mitigate it so Congress gave the National Institutes of Health $500 million this year.

  Federal Drive

  July 20, 2018
• VIDEO: How VA’s longstanding tradition of research makes its mark on veterans, employees

  The latest research and advancements from the Veterans Affairs Department include a power-wheelchair that can climb stairs and curbs, new prosthetics and a powerful study on the impacts of opioids.

  Veterans Affairs

  July 05, 2018
• FDA, data analytics and the opioid crisis

  The Food and Drug Administration uses a big data analytics approach to better understanding prescription patterns and the opioid crisis.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  April 05, 2018
• OPM urges FEHBP carriers to find new ways to cut health care costs for 2019

  In its annual call letter to Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) carriers, the Office of Personnel Management urged insurance companies to consider new ways to cut costs for the next year.

  All News

  January 29, 2018
• Government shares what it knows

  Opioids to asteroids: agencies, industry and academia trade knowledge, but not dollars.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  September 20, 2017