The Butte-Glenn Medical Society Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force has recently been approved for Part II of our Aegis Grant funding.

I have been prescribing opioid narcotics for non-cancer pain since I started practice in 1977.

Two cases of measles have been confirmed in Butte County. Officials urge residents to be aware of measles symptoms and to take precautions to help stop the spread of the disease.

The nationwide opioid epidemic remains concerning for Butte County as our age-adjusted drug induced death rate is roughly 2.5 times as high as for the state of California.