Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 6: Aging During the Opioid Crisis
People rarely imagine someone like 80 year old Martha down the street struggling with addiction. But the opioid crisis really started in the 90s with OxyContin. And now that baby boomer generation,...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 5: Preparing Students for Opioid Emergencies
Once we’re thinking comprehensively about someone’s risk landscape, their biology, psychology, socioeconomic status, culture, it becomes really obvious why just teaching kids to say no is...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 4: Creating Safer Workplaces
There’s a lot of stigma associated with mental health, and especially when you think about substance use disorder or suicide prevention. You hit barriers when you talk about mental health,...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 3: Keeping Students Safe From Opioid Overdose
We have a massive struggle in our nation. Hundreds of thousands have died, but we can stop that. Individuals can save lives. Naloxone is a tool for that. And we can empower students to not feel...
Protecting American teenagers and college students from opioid overdose
The start of the school year is a busy and exciting time for students and their families. But as we continue to grapple with a national opioid crisis, parents, educators, school administrators, and...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 2: Compassionate Care for New Mothers
It’s so important just to have people say, ‘I’ve been there,’ There’s a lot of women here with that story, and they can offer that support…it is not easy to get...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 1: Improving Outcomes in Jails and Prisons
Even five years is a long time to be away and try to reestablish yourself, especially when you have an untreated underlying brain disease like substance use disorder and you’re trying to...
Season 2 of Countermeasures is Launching Soon
Students are carrying naloxone now and that’s something that’s so important to remember about naloxone. Naloxone isn’t only a medication, it’s also a second chance at...
Rallying Americans To Help Save Lives During the Opioid Epidemic
You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the U.S. who doesn’t know that we’re in the middle of an opioid epidemic, perhaps the greatest public health challenge we face today. Yet, if you ask...
Workplace Ready: Why Naloxone Belongs at Work
Accidental opioid overdose can happen anywhere at any time, even in the workplace. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported a 619% increase in drug and alcohol-related workplace deaths...
Emergent BioSolutions Highlights Strategic Engagements with European Partners to Supply Vital Emergency Medical Countermeasures
Demonstrating significant partnerships and global health leadership via support of the EU’s stockpiles Timed to the first in-country Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)...
Emergent Partner Spotlight: Last Mile Health
Emergent is proud to highlight nonprofit organizations, and the work that they do to advance public health. Today’s spotlight is on Last Mile Health, who have made it their mission to save lives in...