... addiction medicine at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, Minnesota. However, he cautioned that the most recent CDC data from 2019 pointed to a record number of overdose deaths in the U.S. that predates the coronavirus outbreak, making it difficult to know what is happening in 2020. One solution to address ...
... legislation aimed directly at the challenges we face right now.” The GOP leader, who is up for reelection in November alongside Trump, dashed home to Kentucky for an event with the nation’s drug czar, Jim Carroll, in part of Appalachia confronting opioid addiction. Kentucky has faced skyrocketing overdose deaths.
... officials scramble to respond. Plus: Former CDC head Dr. Tom Frieden on critical data collection during the pandemic, escalating tensions between the U.S. and China, the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine, American drug overdoses rise, the latest census political controversy and a children’s song about racial violence.
... come on the "NewsHour": the U.S. orders a Chinese consulate closed, alleging theft of data and intellectual property; medical developers race against the clock, as questions remain about delivery of an eventual vaccine; drug overdoses increase dramatically, as people struggling with addiction lose access to treatment; and much more.
Jen Cutting: I probably personally know of 11 people who overdosed in the last three months. William Brangham: Jen Cutting is in recovery from heroin and methamphetamines, and now works as a certified peer recovery coach in Upstate New York. She says, both the pandemic and the government's response ...
... before it hit, we were doing really well," Trump said. "Unfortunately, the shutdowns caused by the China virus have led to a recent rise in overdose deaths." Later he will attend a private political fundraiser in Hillsboro Beach, just outside Miami.Trump, trailing in the polls, is eager to signal ...
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 ...
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