Health
A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle the Opioid Crisis – KFF Health News
[ad_1] Last year, Baltimore had three mass overdose incidents in the span of three months in its Penn North neighborhood. In one incident, more…
Tag: Opioids
Health
Journalists Discuss Raw-Milk Marketing, Extreme Heat, Opioid Settlement Spending – KFF Health News
[ad_1] Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the health risks of consuming raw milk and an outbreak of infant botulism…
Technology
Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children
[ad_1] For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their…
Fact Checking
FACT FOCUS: There’s no proof each strike on alleged drug boats saves 25,000 lives, as Trump claims
[ad_1] President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that military strikes on suspected drug boats his administration has been carrying out for more than two…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
After 8-year legal battle, Dracut doctor pleads guilty in landmark opioid case
[ad_1] WOBURN — A case that stretched more than eight years reached its conclusion this week, as retired Dracut physician, Dr. Richard Miron, pleaded…
Breaking News
Judge approves opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members who own the company
[ad_1] A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday formally approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harms of…
Finance
Judge to explain why he’s approving Purdue Pharma settlement plan
[ad_1] A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is set to give his reasoning Tuesday for approving OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of…
Finance
Latest opioid settlement plan with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Lawyers representing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, branches of the Sackler family that own it, cities, states, counties, Native American tribes,…
Finance
US appeals court overturns West Virginia landmark opioid lawsuit decision
[ad_1] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark decision in West Virginia that had rejected attempts by an opioid-ravaged…
Sports
Ex-wife of Angels employee to face cross examination in trial over pitcher’s overdose death
[ad_1] SANTA ANA, Calif. — The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee at the center of the overdose death of one of the…
Breaking News
Ex-wife of Angels employee expected to testify over pitcher’s drug overdose death
[ad_1] SANTA ANA, Calif. — The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee is expected to testify in a trial over whether the MLB…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosks
[ad_1] BOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway…
US News
Ecuador Says It Has No Evidence That Survivor of a US Strike in the Caribbean Committed Any Crime
[ad_1] QUITO (AP) — The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the…
Breaking News
New York woman accused of incapacitating 4 men with fentanyl-laced drugs, killing 3
[ad_1] A New York woman is accused of using fentanyl-laced drugs to incapacitate and then rob four men of cash, phones, sneakers and other…
Orlando, Florida Local News
Central Florida doctor unveils kratom research findings, potential dangers
[ad_1] Central Florida doctor unveils kratom research findings, potential dangers Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center emergency medicine physician and toxicologist, Dr. Josef Thundiyil,…
Washington DC Local News
Their son died of an overdose. Now, this Fairfax Co. family is warning others to prevent similar tragedies – WTOP News
[ad_1] Cayden Foster, Sean and Afrodita’s only child, died of a fentanyl overdose in early 2023. Now, the parents are working with schools and…
Washington DC Local News
Opioid overdoses are declining across the DC region. What’s behind the trend? – WTOP News
[ad_1] Overdoses among young people appear to be falling across the D.C. region since schools tackled the issue with education and Narcan training, according…
Technology
Trump administration agrees to restore health websites and data
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data under to a lawsuit settlement with doctors groups…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Lawmaker hosts naloxone training at Statehouse
[ad_1] BOSTON — Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone…
Cannabis
Cannabis Use in Older Patients Associated With Lower Demand for Prescription Drugs
[ad_1] The use of medical cannabis products by qualified patients ages 50 and older is associated with a reduced need for prescription medications and…