Health Headlines for Thursday, March 30
Heroin use, addiction up sharply among U.S. whites: study
Reuters
Heroin use in the United States has risen five-fold in the past decade and dependence on the drug has more than tripled, with the biggest jumps among whites and men with low incomes and little education, researchers said on Wednesday.
Cuomo’s budget would put city health initiatives like anti-smoking campaigns, counseling on life support
New York Daily News
Gov. Cuomo’s budget would slash city health funding by $32.5 million – forcing the city to cut health counselors and anti-smoking campaigns and close a sexual health center, Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said Wednesday.
HPV vaccination during pregnancy shows no ill effects
Reuters
New evidence from a Danish nationwide study suggests that Sanofi Pasteur’s quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), marketed as Gardasil, is not dangerous in the unusual case when it is inadvertently given during early pregnancy.
Editorial: WNY’s daunting health challenge
Buffalo News
Western New York is home to five of the unhealthiest counties in the state, a complex problem that can best be addressed in parts, with those many pieces eventually becoming a solution.
Here’s what Trump’s new executive order means for opioid addiction
PBS Newshour
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will lead a new national opioid commission created Wednesday by an executive order from President Donald Trump that also maps out his administration’s latest strategy to combat the public health crisis.
SUNY considers 24/7 mental health telecounseling
Albany Times Union
The State University of New York found something alarming, but not entirely surprising, when it commissioned a task force to study mental health issues across its 64 campuses two summers ago.