CDC Awards New Funds to Stop Drug Overdoses, Deaths
(STL.News) - As the drug overdose crisis evolves and becomes more complex, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing $301 million in new Overdose Data to Action funds to states and jurisdictions.
Funded programs will yield information crucial to a better understanding of why, and among whom, overdoses and deaths are taking place. CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will rapidly use that information to enhance prevention and response efforts across the country.
The CDC and HHS efforts are part of an all-of-government effort to end America’s complex and evolving overdose epidemic. While this epidemic is far from over, there are encouraging signs of progress.
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