• How the coronavirus’ economic toll could also affect public health

    How the coronavirus’ economic toll could also affect public health

    Mar 30, 2020 10:10 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Trump says he intends to reopen country in weeks, not months

    Trump says he intends to reopen country in weeks, not months

    Mar 24, 2020 12:59 AM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • In Ohio, this effort aims to heal the youngest victims of the opioid crisis

    In Ohio, this effort aims to heal the youngest victims of the opioid crisis

    Mar 10, 2020 09:13 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • What New Hampshire voters want to hear about opioids from 2020 Democrats

    What New Hampshire voters want to hear about opioids from 2020 Democrats

    Feb 11, 2020 07:29 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats

    NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats

    Feb 09, 2020 05:32 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Read the full text of Trump's 2020 State of the Union

    Read the full text of Trump's 2020 State of the Union

    Feb 06, 2020 04:36 PM EST

    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 ...

  • News Wrap: WHO declares novel coronavirus a global health emergency

    News Wrap: WHO declares novel coronavirus a global health emergency

    Jan 30, 2020 11:50 PM EST

    ... in 2018 are likely to live about 78 years and eight months. The slight increase is due largely to declining deaths from cancer and drug overdoses. The Trump administration moved today to reshape Medicaid and curb federal spending on the program for the first time. The plan allows for converting ...

  • For 1st time in 4 years, U.S. life expectancy rises, but only a little

    For 1st time in 4 years, U.S. life expectancy rises, but only a little

    Jan 30, 2020 07:32 PM EST

    ... not an additional increase is encouraging." The national decline was driven by dips in 14 states, the CDC's Anderson said. Those include states where overdose deaths have been most common, like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and West Virginia. In Ohio's Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati, overdose deaths fell in ...

  • 18-year-old singer Billie Eilish sweeps the Grammy Awards

    18-year-old singer Billie Eilish sweeps the Grammy Awards

    Jan 27, 2020 04:39 PM EST

    ... was Tyler, the Creator bringing his tearful mother onstage with him to accept his Grammy. Singer Demi Lovato made a comeback appearance after her reported overdose, singing a song she said was written in the troubled days before that event. Camila Cabello sang "First Man," a song dedicated to her ...

  • Drug company executives face prison time for role in opioid epidemic

    Drug company executives face prison time for role in opioid epidemic

    Jan 24, 2020 11:40 PM EST

    ... quote -- "through bribes and fraud." Beyond Insys, there are several thousand ongoing criminal and civil cases against other pharmaceutical companies and distributors, and 130 Americans overdose every day from opioids. That shows no sign of slowing down, for now. Yesterday, CEO John Kapoor was sentenced to 5.5 years in ...