• News Wrap: Biden sends thousands of troops to Europe as Russian forces amass near Ukraine

    News Wrap: Biden sends thousands of troops to Europe as Russian forces amass near Ukraine

    Feb 02, 2022 11:55 PM EST

    ... Dr.Walensky said it is still true that most patients hospitalized with COVID are unvaccinated. Four men have been charged with narcotics conspiracy in the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams. Federal prosecutors in New York said today the men were in a drug crew that sold heroin laced ...

  • Why a judge rejected a settlement with the Sackler family for their role in opioid crisis

    Why a judge rejected a settlement with the Sackler family for their role in opioid crisis

    Dec 24, 2021 11:45 PM EST

    ... real problem for us. Patrick Radden Keefe: Yes, I mean, this is a reality, a terrible reality of this story; 100,000 people died of overdoses last year. The costs of the crisis are estimated to be in the trillions of dollars. So you do have a lot of communities ...

  • 2021 likely to eclipse last year as nation's deadliest, CDC says

    2021 likely to eclipse last year as nation's deadliest, CDC says

    Dec 22, 2021 03:31 PM EST

    ... at 356,000, and the final tally could hit 370,000, Anderson said. Experts also think the 2021 numbers will be affected by a drug overdose epidemic that is expected to — for the first time — surpass 100,000 deaths in a calendar year. An increase in annual deaths is not ...

  • Cities, towns decimated by opioids are close to receiving $28 billion settlement

    Cities, towns decimated by opioids are close to receiving $28 billion settlement

    Dec 14, 2021 05:05 PM EST

    McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — The opioid epidemic blew into this picturesque Oregon town like a toxic wind, leaving overdoses, addiction, homelessness and wrecked families in its wake. In a humble, single-story brick building, three blocks from downtown McMinnville's wine-tasting rooms and cafes, staffers and volunteers of a recovery ...

  • Do safe drug consumption sites save lives? Here's what we know about NYC's new venture

    Do safe drug consumption sites save lives? Here's what we know about NYC's new venture

    Dec 13, 2021 11:25 PM EST

    ... doing the right thing for the right people.William Brangham: In the nearly two weeks these sites have been open, the nonprofit running them says 330 people have used them, and 36 people have been resuscitated from overdoses. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm William Brangham in New York City.

  • Hospitals refused to give patients Ivermectin. Lockdowns and political pressure followed

    Hospitals refused to give patients Ivermectin. Lockdowns and political pressure followed

    Dec 07, 2021 10:07 PM EST

    ... lice and certain skin conditions in humans. But the FDA has not authorized the drug to treat COVID. The agency says that clinical trials are ongoing but that the current data does not show it is an effective COVID treatment and taking higher-than-approved levels can lead to overdose.

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on omicron variant, Build Back Better bill, midterm elections

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on omicron variant, Build Back Better bill, midterm elections

    Nov 29, 2021 11:35 PM EST

    ... just like this piece that ran before us about the mental health challenges for kids. We watched this year where we have record number of overdose deaths, that we have people getting in fights on airplanes and punching flight attendants, right? There's still -- we're still dealing with the ...

  • New omicron variant brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity 'home to roost'

    New omicron variant brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity 'home to roost'

    Nov 29, 2021 08:17 PM EST

    ... among others, it admonished that "the majority of the donations to date have been ad hoc, provided with little notice and short shelf lives." Fury over dose dumping is already very real. In Malawi and South Sudan, tens of thousands of out-of-date doses were destroyed. But it's ...

  • November 18, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    November 18, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Nov 19, 2021 01:10 AM EST

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the House of Representatives is on the verge of passing the president's Build Back Better bill. Then, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. hit an all-time high in what the Biden administration calls "a national crisis." And, many incarcerated women are victims of ...

  • Biden picks former FDA chief Califf to again lead the agency

    Biden picks former FDA chief Califf to again lead the agency

    Nov 12, 2021 04:14 PM EST

    ... drug and device study data. But his brief time as commissioner was dominated by unrelated pharmaceutical controversies, including the surging epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses. He was among the first FDA officials to publicly acknowledge missteps in the agency’s oversight of painkillers like OxyContin, which is widely blamed ...