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National Public Health Week Spotlight Series: Melanie Gibboney, Fatality Review Coordinator

March 30, 2023

Melanie Gibboney, MPH, Fatality Review Coordinator, discusses the importance of data collection, building and maintaining partnerships, and what she hopes for harm reduction efforts in the future.

An Epidemic Within a Pandemic: The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19

December 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken priority over nearly all other health crises. However, the opioid epidemic has raged on, concurrent with (and accelerated by) SARS-CoV-2. Despite a 44% decrease in the number of opioids prescribed over the past