Rallying Americans To Help Save Lives During the Opioid Epidemic
You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the U.S. who doesn’t know that we’re in the middle of an opioid epidemic, perhaps the greatest public health challenge we face today. Yet, if you ask...
Workplace Ready: Why Naloxone Belongs at Work
Accidental opioid overdose can happen anywhere at any time, even in the workplace. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported a 619% increase in drug and alcohol-related workplace deaths...
Emergent BioSolutions Highlights Strategic Engagements with European Partners to Supply Vital Emergency Medical Countermeasures
Demonstrating significant partnerships and global health leadership via support of the EU’s stockpiles Timed to the first in-country Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)...
Emergent Partner Spotlight: Last Mile Health
Emergent is proud to highlight nonprofit organizations, and the work that they do to advance public health. Today’s spotlight is on Last Mile Health, who have made it their mission to save lives in...
Countermeasures Bonus Episode: The Role of Government in Combating the Opioid Crisis
Unfortunately, it’s wreaked havoc on communities throughout Ohio and our country. And now with the flow of fentanyl and it’s becoming a bigger problem. — Congressman Dave Joyce What to...
Countermeasures Episode 6: How Tribal Communities are Addressing the Opioid Crisis
We talk about intergenerational trauma. Yes, there is intergenerational trauma, but there’s also intergenerational strength and intergenerational knowledge and brilliance. There are native ways...
Countermeasures Episode 5: On the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis
My goal, as an EMS provider, is to get them to not overdose, and hopefully connect them with recovery so they can get themselves well. And unfortunately, if they overdose, then we lose that...
Countermeasures Episode 4: Caring for Children of the Opioid Epidemic
The change that happens, breaking that cycle, really comes through that community. So many kids start the program not knowing any other kids living in similar situations. They come two or three...
Emergent at POLITICO Health Care Summit
As our world faces increasing health threats, our focus on safeguarding public health and fostering more robust partnerships is crucial. We’re unwavering in our efforts toward a more resilient and...
Countermeasures Episode 3: Supporting Patients and Families in Crisis
When we deconstruct misinformation and we replace it with science-backed real information from a health lens, we really start to deconstruct and take away that stigma and replace it with a more...
Countermeasures Episode 2: Networks of Support
By not communicating about it, it says that it doesn’t exist…It’s dishonoring the lives that matter to all of us, the lives that matter most to us. — Amanda Lick What to listen...
Countermeasures Episode 1: Responding to Opioid Overdose Emergencies
I would tell anyone that having Naloxone on you is essentially a sign that I care about members of my community, I care about my neighbors…I consider this to be a sign of good citizenship, to...