Tag: public health
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New County Data Shows Overdose Deaths Concentrated in Lowertown, Cedar Hollow
The Wentworth County Department of Health’s full annual overdose report shows Lowertown and Cedar Hollow account for 62 percent of the county’s overdose deaths, and that the population affected is aging.
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A Third Year of Declining Overdose Deaths, but Officials Warn Against Declaring Victory
Overdose deaths in Wentworth County have fallen for a third straight year, health officials say, crediting expanded treatment beds and outreach programs even as they warn against declaring the crisis over.
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Overdose Deaths Are Falling Countywide. In Lowertown, the New Data Tells a Different Story.
A new Wentworth County health department report finds Black and Latino residents died of overdoses at nearly twice the rate of white residents relative to population share, with Lowertown lagging the county’s overall three-year decline.
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As Xylazine Turns Up in Local Drug Supply, County Triples Test Strip Distribution Sites
Wentworth County is tripling its fentanyl test strip distribution sites and switching to combination strips after lab data found rising xylazine contamination in the local drug supply.
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A Van, Not a Bus Route: Riverside Free Clinic Brings Care to Cedar Hollow’s Edges
Riverside Free Clinic is launching a mobile care unit to reach Cedar Hollow residents who live within the clinic’s own neighborhood but struggle to reach its main location, after a survey found transportation was the biggest barrier to care.
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Second Outreach Van Hits Streets After Years of Council Wrangling
A second Wentworth County overdose outreach van has launched after a three-year funding fight, expanding the county’s recovery outreach into Cedar Hollow and Riverside Heights.
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Bellwater General Launches 24-Hour Mental Health Crisis Line
Bellwater General Health System is launching a 24-hour mental health crisis line meant to divert psychiatric emergencies away from the ER and police, even as questions linger over hospital staffing.