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Coronavirus Cases in US, Elsewhere Rise as China's Crisis Wanes
Iranians hoarded medical supplies, Italians urged doctors out of retirement and South Koreans prepared to pump billions into relief efforts Tuesday as the virus epidemic firmed its hold around the globe.
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Health Groups to Announce Opioid Prevention Initiative for NH
Organizations that promote public health and drug abuse prevention are announcing a new initiative to fight New Hampshire’s opioid crisis.
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NH Joins States Suing Family Over Purdue Pharma
New Hampshire has filed a lawsuit against the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma as part of an effort to address the opioid epidemic. Including New Hampshire, at least six states have sued members of the Sackler family in September. New Hampshire, which was among the states that rejected a Purdue/Sackler settlement proposal, also had filed a separate complaint...
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Mass. AG Maura Healey Vows to Continue Fighting Purdue Pharma Following Bankruptcy Filing
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey vowed Monday to “aggressively” fight to make sure Purdue Pharma remains out of business, hours after the OxyContin maker filed for bankruptcy.
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R.I. Hospital Receives Grant to Launch Research Center on Opioids
Rhode Island Hospital says it has been awarded nearly $12 million to establish a research center on opioids to help fight the overdose epidemic.
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Erasing Medical Debt
Erasing Medical Debt
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Report: Opioid-Related Deaths Fell in 2017 in Massachusetts
Massachusetts public health officials say for the first time in several years there was a decline in 2017 in the estimated number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the state.
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NCAA's Emmert Defends Efforts on Protecting College Athletes
A day after a report suggested the NCAA could have years ago looked into problems at Michigan State, President Mark Emmert said Saturday that sexual assault allegations against Spartans athletes in 2010 were “widely reported” and already being investigated by law enforcement and the school. Emmert made the comments in an email to the NCAA Board of Governors and other...
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Gov. Baker Delivers State of the Commonwealth
Governor Baker delivered the State of the Commonwealth address prior to his bid for reelection later this year.
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Gov. Baker: ‘The State of the Commonwealth is Strong'
Gov. Charlie Baker is looking back at some recent successes and laying out his priorities for the new year in his last state of the state address before seeking a second term in office.
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UN Voices Alarm About Spread of HIV in Egypt
The U.N. is voicing alarm over the spread of HIV in Egypt, where the number of new cases is growing by up to 40 percent a year, and where efforts to combat the epidemic are hampered by social stigma and a lack of funding to address the crisis. The virus that causes AIDS, U.N. officials say, is infecting more young...
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Fact Check: Anti-Drug Ad Campaigns Fared Poorly in Past
President Donald Trump is promising a “massive advertising campaign” as part of his administration’s response to the worst drug crisis in U.S. history, but past marketing efforts have shown few results and experts say other measures could be far more effective in curbing the current epidemic....
Trump declared the country’s opioid overdoses a public health emergency on Thursday and laid out... -
Trump Declares Opioids Public Health Emergency, But Doesn't Devote New Funding
In ringing and personal terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged that “we will overcome addiction in America,” declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergency and announcing new steps to combat what he described as the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. Trump’s declaration, which will be effective for 90 days and can be renewed, will allow the government...
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14 Desperate Days: Anatomy of an Opioid Overdose Outbreak
An alert Georgia emergency room doctor who saw three strange overdose cases apparently related to the drug Percocet sounded the alarm to the Georgia Poison Center this June, NBC News reported, likely saving lives in an epidemic that began when a man arrived in Macon with a batch of little yellow pills. Over two weeks, health officials dealt with 40...
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Researchers Detail Heroin, Drug Use at Underground US Haven Run by Social Service Agency
A safe haven where drug users inject themselves with heroin and other drugs has been quietly operating in the United States for the past three years, a report reveals. None were known to exist in the U.S. until the disclosure in a medical journal, although several states and cities are pushing to establish these so-called supervised injection sites where users...
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Trump Pushed Mexico to Stay Mum on Wall Payment, Slammed ‘Ridiculous' Call With Australian PM: Report
President Donald Trump sought to have the leaders of Australia and Mexico make concessions on immigration, at least publicly, to improve Trump’s image on the issue early in his presidency, according to what The Washington Post reported are transcripts of those conversations. Trump had calls with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about a week...
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Trump: ‘I Won New Hampshire Because It Is a Drug-Infested Den'
The transcript of a phone call between Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has revealed the president’s political concerns, negotiation style and thoughts on the drug problem in New Hampshire.
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American Doctors Are Prescribing Fewer Opioids in Much, But Not All, of the Country, CDC Finds
Overall opioid prescription rates have been falling in recent years, but the powerful drugs have become more plentiful in more than 1 in 5 U.S. counties, a report released Thursday finds. The amount of opioids prescribed fell 18 percent between 2010 and 2015. But researchers found local differences, with opioid prescribing six times higher in some counties than others. Rates...
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Bumps Ahead for ‘Obamacare' Repeal as Americans Air Worries
Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives. Thursday’s 217-213 House passage — with 20 GOP defections — was preceded by...
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Tourist's Blood Leads to Potential Treatment for Deadly Ebola Cousin
A woman came back from a trip to the Uganda jungle with Marburg virus, a cousin of Ebola that’s even deadlier, NBC News reported....
Now, Michelle Barnes’ blood has a provided a potential cure for the infection....
Researchers at Vanderbilt University and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. isolated an especially potent immune system protein called a monoclonal antibody from Barnes and have used it...