• Appeals court to consider paving way for Purdue Pharma deal out of bankruptcy

    Appeals court to consider paving way for Purdue Pharma deal out of bankruptcy

    Apr 29, 2022 02:43 PM EST

    ... the settlement. That has left only a small group of objectors: Canadian local governments and First Nations; two mothers of sons who died of opioid overdoses; and the Office of the U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee, an arm of the federal Department of Justice. A judge called for mediation between Purdue ...

  • News Wrap: Dow tumbles marking worst day since 2020

    News Wrap: Dow tumbles marking worst day since 2020

    Apr 22, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    ... England Journal of Medicine." They analyzed mortality data from the CDC and found there were 4,300 deaths from firearm-related injuries in 2020. That's a 29 percent increase from 2019. Guns killed more people between the ages of 1 and 19 than car accidents, drug overdoses, or cancer.

  • April 21, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    April 21, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Apr 22, 2022 01:01 AM EST

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the U.S. will send more weapons to Ukraine and welcome refugees, as world leaders consider war crimes against Russia as the fight between the two countries wages on. The White House announces a new strategy to combat rising fatalities from drug overdoses. Strategists from both ...

  • Johnson & Johnson subsidiary settles West Virginia opioid lawsuit for $99 million

    Johnson & Johnson subsidiary settles West Virginia opioid lawsuit for $99 million

    Apr 18, 2022 07:58 PM EST

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will receive $99 million in a settlement finalized Monday with Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. over the drugmaker's role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the state that has long led the nation in drug overdose deaths. State Attorney General ...

  • Los Angeles political donor gets 30 years in prison for fetish deaths

    Los Angeles political donor gets 30 years in prison for fetish deaths

    Apr 15, 2022 04:01 PM EST

    ... deaths in his apartment, he did not stop paying men to come to his home and injecting them with walloping doses of methamphetamine. One man overdosed twice in the course of a week. "This defendant preyed upon vulnerable victims — men who were drug-dependent and often without homes — to feed ...

  • COVID helped make 2021 the deadliest year in U.S. history

    COVID helped make 2021 the deadliest year in U.S. history

    Apr 12, 2022 05:19 PM EST

    Drug overdose deaths also continued to rise. The CDC does not yet have a tally for 2021 overdose deaths, because it can take weeks of lab work and investigation to identify them. But provisional data through October suggests the nation is on track to see at least 105,000 overdose ...

  • Annual report shows systemic racism continues to bring down Black people's quality of life

    Annual report shows systemic racism continues to bring down Black people's quality of life

    Apr 12, 2022 02:44 PM EST

    ... bearing a child, and 31 percent more likely to die of breast cancer. Black men are 52 percent more likely to die of prostate cancer. Overdoses afflict the races about equally, while white people are 55 percent more likely to drink themselves to death through cirrhosis or chronic liver disease ...

  • How this Medicaid extension throws postpartum parents a lifeline

    How this Medicaid extension throws postpartum parents a lifeline

    Apr 08, 2022 09:07 PM EST

    More than half of pregnancy-linked deaths happen during the first year after delivery, according to research from the Commonwealth Fund. And mental health conditions, including postpartum depression, death by suicide and fatal drug overdose, are among the leading underlying causes of maternal mortality starting roughly six weeks after childbirth ...

  • Trial begins in West Virginia lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

    Trial begins in West Virginia lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

    Apr 04, 2022 09:56 PM EST

    ... opioids becoming a common treatment for chronic pain and fueled substance abuse in West Virginia. The state has the nation’s highest rate of drug overdose deaths. Morrisey said the companies' actions created a public nuisance and violating the state's Consumer Credit and Protection Act. One by one, company ...

  • Biden budget calls for future investments in health care as COVID aid runs out

    Biden budget calls for future investments in health care as COVID aid runs out

    Mar 29, 2022 07:02 PM EST

    ... Biden signaled in his State of the Union address earlier this month. The proposed spending increases on those needs and others, such as maternal health, overdose prevention and HIV-AIDS treatment and support, were intended to "leave no American behind," Health Secretary Xavier Becerra said. The budget also includes funding ...