Diversity Management, News and Updates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 500,000 Americans have died due to opioid overdoses over the last decade, with an overwhelming number of those deaths occurring within the country’s Native and Indigenous populations. And now, a new $75-million lawsuit settlement struck between the Cherokee Nation…
Last year, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren came under fire for claiming she was Native American based on family lore and trace amounts of Indigenous DNA an ancestry test detected. This week at a forum in Sioux City, Iowa she apologized for her previous statements and pledged she would…
Over the last decade, Millennials are the age group more likely to die from drugs, alcohol, and suicide over the past decade, according to an analysis out Thursday of the latest federal data by the non-profit Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust. Drug-related deaths among people 18 to 34…
“We found that pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors engaged in years of deceptive marketing about the risks of opioids,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The opioid crisis has been officially declared a national public health emergency, calling to action all parts of the health care system, law enforcement and local, state and federal governments to mitigate its devastating effects. On Nov. 2, CVS Health Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer and General CounselTom Moriartydelivered…
