Back in this country, the CDC proposed today to ease guidelines on how doctors prescribe opioid painkillers. Since 2016, there have been strict limits on the drugs, in an effort to slow an overdose epidemic. The proposed changes would give doctors more leeway in treating patients with severe pain. The ...
... that on video from inside a convenience store before his fatal encounter with police, Floyd did not appear to be seriously intoxicated or experiencing an overdose. But he did not dispute a store clerk's earlier testimony that Floyd seemed high. "He was awake, walking, communicating, walking quickly at times ...
William Brangham: Like many of us, I know that this issue is deeply personal for you. Your nephew Ian struggled for many years with addiction and eventually died of an overdose. And, as you have commented publicly, this touches so many people in this country, Republicans, Democrats and everybody else ...
... had pledged that he would fire any abusive staffer on the spot. A bipartisan congressional commission is calling for a new strategy on the opioid overdose epidemic. In a report today, the group envisions stepped-up law enforcement and diplomacy to shut off ingredients for synthetic opioids. It also called ...
... never thought in my lifetime I’d have to shoot Narcan into somebody, but I did,” he said, referring to the treatment that reverses opioid overdoses. “I witnessed a man be shot. I witnessed stabbings. That was not a good place.” The 54-year-old sets out on his bike ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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.
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