AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoOpioid Treatment Access: An Ohio University team won a nearly $4M NIH grant to expand a primary-care model for prescribing medication for opioid use disorder across about 40 clinics in Ohio and West Virginia, aiming to close the gap between what research shows and what happens in everyday practice. Food Safety & Kids’ Health: A new report finds synthetic dyes show up in nearly 1 in 5 packaged foods, with restrictions already spreading to states including West Virginia, as the FDA’s voluntary phase-out faces pushback from major brands. Ancient Life Research: Virginia Tech researchers helped build the first full evolutionary history of living millipede groups, tracing origins back about 460 million years and suggesting millipedes reached land far earlier than vertebrates. School Health Guidance: The Endocrine Society released updated guidance on central precocious puberty, saying some subgroups of children may need less testing or treatment than others. West Virginia Policy Watch: Gov. Patrick Morrisey appointed Erin Hunter as the new West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, effective July 1. Local Flood Resilience: Mingo County is starting an FEMA-funded flood mitigation study, gathering resident input to target problem areas and reduce repeat flooding.
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