Nation Aug 30 One of two doctors charged over Matthew Perry’s death appears in court after making plea deal By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press
Health Nov 17 U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in first year of COVID-19 Experts believe the top drivers are the growing prevalence of deadly fentanyl in the illicit drug supply and the COVID-19 pandemic, which left many drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment or other support. By Laura Santhanam
Nation Aug 16 76 people overdosed near Yale, and officials suspect a bad batch of synthetic marijuana People on and around the historic New Haven Green near Yale University began falling ill shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, and the overdoses continued into Thursday morning. No deaths were reported, and most people brought to hospitals have been discharged,… By Associated Press
Nation Aug 16 Heroin overdoses killed 3 times as many teens in 2015 than in 1999 Drug overdose deaths among teenagers have ticked up after years of decline, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By Synclaire Cruel
Health Oct 06 Watch 4:51 How drug companies helped drive the opioid crisis The abuse of opioids has become a major public health concern; more than 28,000 people died by overdose in 2014. According to reporting by STAT News, drug companies downplayed the addictive effects of opioid drugs in the late 1990s, assuring… By PBS News Hour
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Apr 10 Watch Mary Jo Bang Examines Grief’s Poetic Form, the Elegy Mary Jo Bang is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at Washington University. Her fifth book, "Elegy," which won of the National Book Critics Circle Award, examines the pain and grief following the death of her… Continue watching