On this edition for Sunday, July 5, Fourth of July weekend sees a spike in COVID-19 cases, Jeff Greenfield on President Trump’s campaign strategy, opioid overdose is a hidden epidemic during the pandemic, and, ‘superspreaders:’ what they are and how they’re worsening the spread of COVID, according ...
... B. Curry warned the committee there's also a high-cost of staying home. He said the city has seen a spike in substance abuse overdose calls. Republicans argue against what some call bailouts for states, warning some have overextended with generous services, pensions or mismanagement. Sen. John Thune, R ...
... that leads you to that conclusion? Patrick Kennedy: Well, first, we had an underlying epidemic to begin with, record levels of increase in suicide and overdose even before COVID-19 hit. And, as you just mentioned, COVID-19 is going to exacerbate exponentially the amount of suicide and overdose. You ...
... Rome airport hotel conference room in October 2016. The complainant first went to police in 2015 after the second alleged victim died of a heroin overdose at the age of 31. Neither can be identified under state law. Lawyers for the father of the dead man, who also cannot be ...
... people drinking more or using drugs, both of which correlate with higher mortality rates — especially in middle-aged men — from heart attacks, liver failure and overdose. Based on historical data, including from the early 1980s recession, von Wachter estimates that if the unemployment rate rises to 6 percent, up from ...
... thinking about what kind of dramatic costs to society are we absorbing from the shutdown," including tens of millions unemployed and potential spikes in drug overdoses and suicides. He said he has been urging his former colleagues to selectively open the economy in ways that minimize the public health risk ...
... had raised him in. Out of a crisis that has reshaped families and entire communities—especially in Ohio, with the second-highest rate of opioid overdose deaths in the country—Ryder and his mother found a rare bright spot, a preschool led by a group of educators and health professionals ...
... offers evidence-based services. State adoption of Medicaid expansion in the U.S. between 2001 and 2017 was associated with a 6% decrease in opioid overdose deaths. Any action that restricts or eliminates coverage could reverse progress. 5. How do the candidates' positions differ? Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Pete ...
... described a world where corporations have all the power, robots were taking jobs and life expectancy in the United States was declining due to drug overdoses and suicides. Standing in the back of the room, Jerry and Judy Beck, a retired couple from Holderness who support Yang, admitted he was ...
AUDIENCE: H.R.3! H.R.3! H.R.3! With unyielding commitment, we are curbing the opioid epidemic. Drug overdose deaths declined for the first time in nearly 30 years. Among the states hardest hit, Ohio is down 22 percent, Pennsylvania is down 18 percent, Wisconsin is down 10 ...
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