Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to resolve opioids lawsuits brought on by more than a dozen state attorneys general, officials announced Tuesday.
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The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains announced agreements in principle Wednesday with and a bipartisan group of attorneys general to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the
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A Wellman man is suing Mercy Hospital in Iowa City for giving him 10 times the dose of an opioid drug for pain that a doctor prescribed after he broke his ribs in a fall.
State public health officials say more than a thousand Iowans struggling with opioid addiction would be served by expanded access to treatment and recovery support services.
Medication-assisted treatment underused in Iowa, Attorney General Tom Miller said Monday.
Cassandra Collins, clinical director for Area Substance Abuse Council, talks about grappling with a dramatic increase in overdose deaths and heavy drinking in Iowa.
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As Iowa grapples with a dramatic increase in overdose deaths involving fentanyl, some experts and activists say the best-proven solutions are currently criminalized in the state.
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Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Teva has agreed to contribute more than $4.3 billion in cash and medications to settle lawsuits in various states, including Iowa.
The state public health department estimates that deaths in Iowa due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, rose from 31 percent of all overdoses in 2016 to 87 percent in 2021.
A former Cedar Rapids nurse pleaded guilty to tampering with vials of opioids and stealing them for her own use. She punctured the vials and refilled them with a clear liquid to conceal her crime.
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