Tag: Pharmacies
Online pharmacies aid rural health care but threaten Michigan drugstores
While mail-in prescription orders have been an answer for growing pharmacy deserts, officials say the companies behind those services help cause closures….
Fatal drug overdose suspected in Owen Sound Wednesday
Two suspected drug overdoses in Owen Sound Wednesday included one fatality. The suspected substance in the fatal overdose is unknown but the other overdose involved someone who smoked fentanyl and was revived with naloxone, Grey Bruce Public Health reported. Public health advice is to not use drugs alone and have naloxone on hand. Someone with […]
Gateway CERH awarded $100,000 from cancer-screening challenge
TORONTO – Goderich-based Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) was recently named by MaRS Discovery District and the Canadian Cancer Society as the $100,000 grand prize winner of the Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge. An April 23 news release described the challenge as “an innovation competition designed to improve access to cancer screening for people living in […]
Owen Sound downtown drug-use arrests garner support, raise concerns
For the first time in years, Owen Sound police recently targeted public drug use. Will the move address public safety concerns and perceptions, or might it drive people to use drugs in secret, where they may be at greater risk?
3 years in, opioid settlement money still unspent in some Michigan counties, including Grand Traverse
Grand Traverse County and other Michigan communities have been slow to spend money meant to battle the opioid crisis. A report from the Attorney General’s office will offer more details this spring.
