Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced Wednesday that the county had received a grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to battle the opioid epidemic.
According to a press release, the county will receive $5.2 million annually through Aug. 31, 2022, which will be administered by the Allegheny County Health Department. The funding will be used to bring together an interdisciplinary group of partners to assist the health department with using data to monitor trends and…
