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(Information contained in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] press release: December 21, 2020)

Statement: U.S. Surgeon General Calls for COVID-19 Survivors to Donate Plasma

Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams is calling on Americans who have recovered from COVID-19 to consider donating COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP). A CCP donation may benefit people who are newly diagnosed with COVID-19, and gives frontline health care workers an important tool in treating patients. More than 250,000 courses of CCP have been administered to Americans to help prevent severe consequences from COVID-19, yet, health care professionals urgently need a steady, reliable supply of plasma. “If you are among the millions of Americans who have had COVID-19, you may have a precious resource that can help save other lives. Plasma dona...

U.S. Surgeon General Releases Call to Action on Hypertension Control | site |


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(October 7, 2020) - - On October 7, 2020 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the following information:

Today, Surgeon General VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., issued a Call to Action urging Americans to recognize and address hypertension control as a national, public health priority. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Control Hypertension provides strategies for those on the frontlines of health care and public health to address this costly, dangerous and far too common chronic health condition.

Hypertension,...

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U.S. Surgeon General Releases Spotlight on Opioids

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(September 20, 2018) - -Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the following information:

Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids calls for a cultural shift in the way Americans talk about the opioid crisis and recommends actions that can prevent and treat opioid misuse and promote recovery. The Spotlight – the Surgeon General’s newest update on opioid addiction – also provides the latest data on prevalence of substance misuse, opioid misuse, opioid use disorder and overdoses. The Surgeon General today also released a digital postcard, highlighting tangible actions that all Americans can take to raise awareness, prevent opioid misuse and reduce overdose deaths. “Addiction is a brain disease that touches families across America – even my own,” ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Azar and Surgeon General Adams Praise Private Sector Support for Naloxone Advisory

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(April 25, 2018) - - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published the following information: Following the early April release of the Surgeon General’s Advisory on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose, which recommended that opioid treatment providers prescribe or dispense naloxone to patients with elevated risk of overdose, two naloxone manufacturers (Adapt Pharma and kaleo, Inc.) announced this week that they will be partnering with the National Council on Behavioral Health to distribute 30,000 doses of donated naloxone to National Council members. Upon the announcement, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar released the following statement: “Thousands of Americans are alive today thanks to the use of naloxone, and this week’s generous donation...

Surgeon General Releases Advisory on Naloxone, an Opioid Overdose-Reversing Drug

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Urges more individuals to carry life-saving medication

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(April 5, 2018) - - Today, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., urged more Americans to carry a lifesaving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

The medication, naloxone, is already carried by many first responders, such as EMTs and police officers. The Surgeon General is now recommending that more individuals, including family, friends and those who are personally at risk for an opioid overdose, also keep the drug on hand.

An estimated 2.1 million people in the U.S. struggle with an opioid use disorder. Rates of opioid overdose deaths are rapidly increasing. Since 2010, the number of opioid overdose deaths has doubled from...