CDC to Restore Overdose Prevention Funds

CDC to restore overdose prevention funds

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story  CDC to restore overdose prevention funds   The Trump administration is restoring full funding for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program that provides grants to reduce and track drug overdoses, including fentanyl. (John Bazemore, Associated Press…

CDC funding change could stifle progress against opioid epidemic, public health leaders say

Money is on hold, but local health experts say it needs to keep flowing to ensure continuation of prevention and response programs.

CDC to disburse delayed funds for fighting fentanyl and more, staffers say

Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC staffers, including for a key overdose prevention program.(Image credit: Ben Hendren/Bloomberg)

CDC Will Fund Overdose Data Program

CDC Urged to Preserve Funding for Overdose Prevention

(MedPage Today) -- A group of public health leaders called on the CDC and its new director Susan Monarez, PhD, to protect critical overdose prevention programs across the U.S. In a media briefing Monday afternoon, the group, convened by the nonprofit...

CDC to disburse delayed funds for fighting fentanyl and more, staffers say – DG Verifications & Stats

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Ben Hendren/Bloomberg/Getty Images Ben Hendren/Bloomberg/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be able to fully fund the Overdose Data to Action or OD2A program ahead of a key budget deadline, according to a CDC senior leader. A second CDC staff member confirmed that “there have been developments and we are likely to have full funding,” al…