UPDATED: One child dies, another hospitalized after overdose
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): One child died and another was hospitalized after two Fort Wayne children who got into their parents’ medication Wednesday night. According...
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County opts out of multi-state opioid settlement
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Allen County won’t be joining a multi-state settlement over the opioid crisis. The Allen County Commission technically opted out of the...
Indiana to get $12.5M share of national opioid settlement
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana will receive more than $12.5 million as part of a multistate settlement with a consulting firm that worked with opioid manufacturers...
Ohio officials agree on plan to split any opioid settlements
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP): The Ohio governor and attorney general say local governments representing most of the state’s population have signed onto a plan for dividing...
Anti-opioid program launched
FORT WAYNE, Ind.(WOWO): A number of local agencies are teaming up to fight opioids. Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry joined representatives from Parkview Health, Lutheran...
Waiver gives Ohio more options in treating opioid addiction
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The federal government is allowing Ohio more flexibility in what services it can provide to Medicaid patients addicted to opioids. The...
Indiana gets $21M grant for drug overdose data collection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has landed a $21 million federal grant to boost its boost efforts to collect enhanced data for the state’s drug overdose...
Study: Indiana among most “underfunded” states in opioid fight
INDIANAPOLIS (WOWO/Inside Indiana Business): A new report says Indiana is receiving less federal funding than it should be in the fight against the opioid epidemic....
Eastern Indiana Works receives opioid-fighting grant
MUNCIE, Ind. (WOWO): An eastern Indiana economic development group has received a National Health Emergency grant from the US Department of Labor. The three-year, $1.5-million...