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HHS: Nationwide Study Shows Continued Rise in Opioid Affected Births
January 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Jan. 12:

A new study conducted by researchers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that the rates of pregnant women diagnosed with opioid use disorder and of babies born with withdrawal symptoms increased from 2010-2017. The study, published today in JAMA indicates that mothers with opioid-related diagnoses documented at delivery increased . . .

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