dr. schuchat: about high dose. if you have many different types of opioids, you can't in your head calculate what's the more even if milligram equivalent. in our guideline we alert people that over a certain level, special attention is needed because the border between safely taking those medicines and unintentionally overdosing is small. so we want clinicians to recognize when the cumulative opioid level is very high. so that they can look into it and assess whether it's needed or not. mr. griffith: yes we were talking with d.e.a. and all the problems we're having there with pharmacist and some doctors -- pharmacies and some doctors. would it be helpful or would it create problems if we shared that information when a doctor consistently or a health care provider consistly is giving too high doses out, would it be helpful to share that information with the d.e.a.? so that we can maybe identify quicker where we might have a problem? try to educate first, if it's not criminal. but then look at if it is. dr. schuchat:

dr. schuchat, thank you for being here again. appreciate your leadership at the c.d.c. and the work you are doing. putting them into a critical work flow has been key ensuring the data is used effectively while increasing efficiency hey and saving time for prodied -- efficiency and saving time for providers. will state , what do to incorporate pdmp's in the work flow and what other information can be collected by pdmp's and how can it help c.d.c. surveillance? what currently do you find or do you hear from the states to create barriers? dr. schuchat: we are making substantial progress in states that have integrated the prescription drug monitoring program into the electronic health record making it easier for clinicians is the only way to make it work. make sure all clinicians are using it which involves registering them and getting them onboard. but integrating them in the critical work flow will make it a one-stop-shop for folks. the technology is not that complicated but every state is starting from a different place and each state has different laws that also gets i

dr. schuchat spoke about and that miss degette spoke about. the stem, however, has few mutations, the little red dots are the knmutations, so how do u make a response selectively against the part of the virus that does not change as opposed to one change? next slide. there are a number of ways of doing that. i'm going to just show you one example among many. investigators at the nih and funded by the nih have a situation now where they can take that molecule, that hemagglutinin and essentially shave off the head. it's called a headless stem. now, normally that would fall apart. but it doesn't fall apart because investigators at the vaccine research center have made mutations in the molecule to keep it stable and we've put it on what we call a nano particle. that's on the far right of the slide. this is what it looks like ten million times blown up. so this is a little particle, but all of these are stems so that when the immune system sees that it doesn't get distracted about anything else and it focuses in on making an anti-body or a cell-med

dr. anne schuchat is director of the cdc. >> we saw increases in men and women and all adult age groups.c overdoses kill five pooefr people every hour. >> the toxicity of what's on the street is very high right now so we think there is probably not an increase in people using drugs but there's an increase in the danger associated with a single use. >> reporter: aaron weiner is the director of linen oaks behavioral health. >> the biological pull is very strong. >> do you expect it to get worse? >> i hope not. >> reporter: but there's little sign that the opioid epidemic is slowing down and the emergency rooms across the country are bracing for another night of frantic efforts to keep the victims alive. dean reynolds, cbs news, naperville, illinois. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," more on the nor'easter. we'll take you to duxbury, massachusetts, where duh ps of homes are at risk. >>> and actress kristen ritter will stop by the studio to tell us about season two of the hit show. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie

dr. anne schuchat is acting director of the c.d.c. >> we have seen increases in every geographic region, increases in men and women, increases in all adult age groups. >> you can hear me? >> reporter: according to the c.d.c., overdoses kill about five people every hour across the u.s. >> the potency and toxicity of what's on the street is very high right now. and so we think there probably is not an increase in people using drugs, but there's an increase in the danger associated with a single use. >> reporter: aaron winier is the director of addiction services at lindon oaks behavioral health. >> we know that up to 90% of people will relapse in the first year. going through rehab, it's a very difficult problem, and particularly for opioids. the biological pull is very strong. >> reporter: do you expect it to get worse? >> i hope not. >> reporter: but there is little sign that the opioid epidemic slowing down. and emergency rooms across the country are bracing for a night of frantic efforts to keep the victims alive. jeff. >> glor: dean reynolds tonight, thank you. up next here, cbs news

dr. ann schuchat is acting actctor of the c.d.c. >> we saw increases in every geographic region, increaseseases in all adult age groups. >> reporter: according to the c.d.c., overdoses kill about five people every hour across the u.s. t the potency and toxicity of what is on the street is very n gh right now. and so we think there probably t not an increase in people using drugs, but there is an tcrease in the danger associated with a single use. >> reporter: aaron weiner is the director of addiction services at linden oaks behavioral lalth. >> we know that up to 90% of h.ople will relapse in the first year. going through rehab is a very difficult problem particularly for opioids, the biological pull ul very strong. >> reporter: do you expect it to get worse? >> i hope not. >> reporter: but there is little sign that the opioid epidemic is slowing down. and emergency rooms across the country are bracing for another anght of frantic efforts to keep the victims alive. dean reynolds, cbs news, naperville, illinois. >> quijano: up next, she's conquering hate and intolerance with songs of love a