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... to be tacked on to the supplemental funding measure, which also includes money to aid Ukraine in its war against Russia and efforts to address fentanyl addiction. Biden is seeking about $44 billion in total supplemental funding and could face some resistance from House Republicans. Many GOP lawmakers want to ...
... August 10, the administration sent Congress a request for supplemental funding that would include money for disaster relief, aid to Ukraine and programs to address fentanyl addiction. The supplemental is separate from Thursday's request for a short-term funding plan to keep the government open. As part of the ...
... feeling severe, unexpected pain either during or after the procedure. And in the absence of accurate information about what happened to them, right, because the nurse was keeping a secret that she was stealing fentanyl, many of the women blamed themselves or thought this is just what women go through.
... season of heat and storms, and funds to bolster the enforcement at the Southern border with Mexico, including money to curb the flow of deadly fentanyl. Last fall, the administration asked for $9.25 billion in funding to combat the virus, but Congress refused the request. For the week ending ...
... accepted. Opioids have been linked to more than 70,000 fatal overdoses annually in the U.S. in recent years. Most of those are from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. But the crisis widened in the early 2000s as OxyContin and other powerful prescription painkillers became prevalent. Associated Press writer ...
... wildfires that have erupted nationwide. And the request includes $2.2 billion for Southern border management and $766 million to curb the flow of deadly fentanyl. There is also $100 million earmarked for the Department of Labor to ramp up investigations of suspected child labor violations.To ease passage, Congress ...
Every Saturday, they hand out food, clothing, and the overdose-reversal drug Narcan in Newark, Ohio. Trish Perry: Fentanyl testing strips? Cat Wise: But Perry says her organization has so far encountered stigma and hurdles when applying for funding from opioid settlement money that's earmarked for local governments. Trish ...
... And he struggled for quite some time. Cat Wise: Shaw's best friend, Chris Goodwin (ph), loved music and his community. He died from a fentanyl overdose in his home earlier this year. While Shaw hopes there will one day be enough funding to open a residential treatment facility, he ...
... Bruce Reed said the ARPA-H announcement helps meet Biden's efforts to show "that government can still work, both sides can come together, and we can get things done.""Mental health, cancer, veterans, our efforts on fentanyl, are all priorities that affect everyone without regard to party," Reed said.
... influx of fentanyl into the country, blaming Mayorkas for the number of overdoses that have happened across American communities in the past several years. “The fentanyl killing thousands of Americans every year is a direct result of your dereliction," said Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., “When people die of fentanyl ...
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