Mitch Carr
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Aug 17, 2026
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- Aug 10, 2026
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Target 7: Lowering opioid overdoses has left chronic pain patients behind (opens the original)
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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - In 1999, more than 3,400 Americans died from prescription opioid overdoses. By 2017, when the federal government declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency, that number had ballooned to more than 17,000—a nearly 500 percent increase. In response, the federal government cracked down. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released strict new prescribing guidelines in 2016, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) placed prescribing doc
Target 7: Southwest Virginia medical school tackles rural healthcare crisis (opens the original)
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Anyone looking to address the persistent rural healthcare challenges in our hometowns and beyond must confront three fundamental obstacles: a critical shortage of medical facilities, the daunting distances patients must travel to reach care, and a lack of available medical personnel. The disparities are stark. According to data from the Economic Research Service within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), there are only five doctors for every 10,000 rural Americans
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