• Years into the pandemic, scientists are still trying to understand long COVID

    Years into the pandemic, scientists are still trying to understand long COVID

    Dec 26, 2022 11:12 PM EST

    ... Journal of the American Medical Association. Figuring out who’s at risk for years-long symptoms “is such a complicated question," said Dr. Lawrence Purpura, an infectious disease expert at Columbia University. WATCH: U.S. life expectancy falls to lowest level since mid-1990s due to COVID and drug overdoses

  • December 22, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    December 22, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Dec 23, 2022 12:49 AM EST

    Thursday on the NewsHour, United States life expectancy falls to the lowest level since the mid-1990s due to deaths from COVID and drug overdoses. Congress irons out the details of a massive spending bill in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown. Plus, despite the pandemic and online shopping causing ...

  • Loneliness can affect physical and mental health. An expert shares ways to combat it this holiday season

    Loneliness can affect physical and mental health. An expert shares ways to combat it this holiday season

    Dec 14, 2022 10:24 PM EST

    ... only recently come to light is that loneliness won’t just make you miserable, it’ll kill you. And not just from suicide or drug overdose, but from heart disease, cancer or other kinds of physical ailments,” Nobel said. “It turns out that loneliness increases risk of early death by ...

  • How multiple presidential administrations failed to stop fentanyl's rise in the U.S.

    How multiple presidential administrations failed to stop fentanyl's rise in the U.S.

    Dec 12, 2022 11:50 PM EST

    More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year and the same toll is expected this year. Two-thirds of those deaths are tied to fentanyl, but the federal government has been slow to recognize the rise of the highly-potent drug. Nick Miroff of The Washington Post ...

  • Jail treats inmates with substance abuse issues to break the cycle of recidivism

    Jail treats inmates with substance abuse issues to break the cycle of recidivism

    Dec 12, 2022 11:45 PM EST

    ... five years ago. That led to using fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that's up to 50 times more powerful. Jeff Schultz: I mean, I accidentally overdosed, gosh, eight to 10 times on that. And that's got to be the most embarrassing, humiliating thing I have ever felt in my ...

  • December 6, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    December 6, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Dec 07, 2022 12:44 AM EST

    ... former President Trump's company is found guilty of tax fraud. Then, Georgia's runoff election for a U.S. Senate seat comes to an end after a contentious campaign. Plus, deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl rise dramatically among young people, prompting schools to stockpile medication to reverse overdose.

  • How a criminal justice reporter built trust with prisoners to highlight conditions inside

    How a criminal justice reporter built trust with prisoners to highlight conditions inside

    Nov 17, 2022 11:35 PM EST

    ... fundamentally, in order to do something as dangerous as shooting up heroin every day, you have to believe that odds don't apply to you, that you're not the person who's going to get arrested, that you're not the person who's going to overdose and die.

  • Universities focus on athlete mental health after recent tragedies

    Universities focus on athlete mental health after recent tragedies

    Nov 17, 2022 10:10 PM EST

    In the last five years at Washington State, Cougars quarterback Tyler Hilinski killed himself on Jan. 16, 2018, and a little more than a year later, defensive back Bryce Beekman died of an accidental overdose. Dr. Sunday Henry, head team physician, was part of the response to both tragedies. “Your ...

  • Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid epidemic  lawsuits

    Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits

    Nov 15, 2022 10:42 PM EST

    ... kinds have been linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades.In the 2000s, most fatal opioid overdoses involved prescription drugs such as OxyContin and generic oxycodone. After governments, doctors and companies took steps to make them harder to obtain, people addicted ...

  • AP report: Former DEA agent tells his own story of corruption before jail time

    AP report: Former DEA agent tells his own story of corruption before jail time

    Nov 14, 2022 11:24 PM EST

    ... actually building cases or stemming a record flow of illegal cocaine and opioids into the United States that has driven more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths a year. “You can’t win an unwinnable war. DEA knows this and the agents know this,” Irizarry said. “There’s so much ...