Politics Jun 18 OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma asks court to clear way for $7 billion settlement if states back it By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Health Dec 02 How dozens of U.S. adolescents are dying of drug overdoses each month, shown in 3 charts Drug overdoses are killing young Americans in unprecedented numbers: The monthly total rose from 31 in July 2019 to 87 in May 2021, the period with the most recent data. By Ty Schepis, The Conversation
Politics May 18 WATCH: House Homeland Security committee hearing on DHS efforts against opioid epidemic The House Homeland Security committee held a hearing Wednesday on the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. By News Desk
Nation Apr 20 Doctor who prescribed enough painkillers to ‘kill an elephant’ found not guilty in 14 patient deaths A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor in the deaths of multiple hospital patients. By Associated Press
Nation Feb 10 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Inflation rises to highest level in 40 years In our news wrap Thursday, the Labor Department reports consumer prices in January jumped 7.5 percent from a year earlier, the biggest year-to-year increase since 1982. Also, Freddie Mac reported 30-year home loan rates hit their highest point in two…
Feb 09 Watch 7:28 New report details the scale of the U.S. opioid crisis and its link to drug trafficking By William Brangham, Laura Santhanam The opioid overdose crisis that killed more than 100,000 Americans in a year is being called one of the most pressing national security and public health challenges facing the U.S. A majority of the overdoses are driven by the potent… Continue watching
Nov 09 Oklahoma court overturns $465 million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson By Ken Miller, Associated Press The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, finding that a lower court wrongly interpreted the state's public nuisance law. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 4:11 News Wrap: UN condemns Libya’s treatment of migrants seeking passage to Europe In our news wrap Monday, United Nations officials condemned Libya for a violent crackdown on migrants trying to sail to Europe. In the U.S., the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that receive… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 9:33 New book sheds light on secretive Sackler family — the makers of opioid OxyContin By William Brangham, Mike Fritz The Sackler family is one of the richest families in America, donating millions to some of the world’s most prestigious museums and universities. But the source of that wealth was for many years something of a mystery. William Brangham talks… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 6:34 How a powerful corporate consulting firm helped create the opioid epidemic By Stephanie Sy The opioids crisis that has taken hundreds of thousands of American lives has received less attention in the pandemic, but drug overdoses and deaths have grown during the last year. Now, one of the world's most powerful corporate consulting firms… Continue watching