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CMS Releases Interactive Tool to Map Opioid Prescription Claims
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interactive online mapping tool, which shows geographic comparisons at the state, county and ZIP code levels of de-identified Medicare Part […]
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NCMS Part of the Race to Quit
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) is a partner in this week’s Race to Quit NC, a new campaign centered on awareness events being held all week across the state […]
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CDC Issues New Draft Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new draft guidelines for opioid prescribing last week. The guidelines aim to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid analgesics for adults […]
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Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, Sept. 26
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) nationwide drug take back day will be held this Saturday, Sept. 26. Cities and towns throughout North Carolina are participating in this event, which encourages […]
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NC Health Department Issues Guidance on Avian Flu
While no cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been detected in domestic or wild birds in North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Communicable Disease […]
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Weapons in the Battle Against Opioid Abuse
North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) President Robert E. Schaaf, MD, FACR, recently had an editorial piece published in the Raleigh News & Observer titled “The Public Health Issue of Our […]
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CDC Issues This Season’s Flu Vaccine Recommendations
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has issued its recommendation for the 2015-16 flu vaccine season. Read about them.
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HEALTH ALERT: 18 Cases of Illness Due to Heroin Mixed with Clenbuterol
The North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) currently is investigating 18 cases of illness potentially due to use of heroin mixed with clenbuterol. Reported cases are from four counties […]
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Dr. Randall Williams Is New NC Deputy Health Secretary
Randall Williams, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologist from Raleigh Gynecology and Wellness, assumes his new post as Deputy Secretary of Health Services within the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services today. […]
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NC Health Department Updates Screening Guidelines for International Travelers
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), no new Ebola cases have been identified in Liberia since March 20, 2015. On May 9, 2015, forty-two days after the last laboratory-confirmed […]
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