Experts call for strategies to address public health crisis of opioid, ID epidemics

(Infectious Diseases Society of America) Citing the spread of infections linked to rising rates of opioid use across the country including HIV, viral hepatitis, skin and soft tissue infections, bone and joint infections and endocarditis, an article published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases calls on the federal government to support coordinated and strengthened responses by infectious diseases and substance use specialists.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news