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Overdose Deaths 'Surge' Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Coroners across the U.S. tell Newsy they are seeing a rise in overdose deaths.
Bloomberg
China Announces Trade Concessions as Liu He Heads to U.S.
Apr.01 -- China is offering a trade olive branch of sorts as negotiations resume in Washington this week. Beijing says it will extend the suspension of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. autos and include opioid fentanyl in a list of controlled...
Bloomberg
Former PA Gov. Ed Rendell on Sanders Candidacy, National Debt, Opioid Crisis
Feb.20 -- Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell discusses Sen. Bernie Sanders' repeat bid for the U.S. presidency, the national debt and his views on the opioid crisis with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of...
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Community offers help to opioid addicts
Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy filinf is the first step in a complex, multibillion-dollar plan by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits brought against it by state and local governments over the nation's deadly opioid disaster.
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Community offers help to US opioid addicts
Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy file is the first step in a complex, multibillion-US dollar plan by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits brought against it by state and local governments over the nation's deadly opioid...
Bloomberg
Teva in Talks to Help Make Covid Vaccines, CEO Says
Feb.10 -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Kare Schultz discusses the company's plans to produce and distribute Covid-19 vaccines and says Teva is ready to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits. He speaks with...
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Drug Overdoses Have Increased Amid The Pandemic
The CDC reported 93,000 people died of a drug overdose in 2020 – the highest yearly total on record – and a majority of those deaths involved opioids.
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The Search is on for Opioid Alternatives
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYAltoona, Pennsylvania – March 29, 20171. Heidi Wyandt, a chronic pain sufferer, being evaluated by her doctorUPSOUND: Doctor – "What kind of pain...
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The Search is On for Opioid Alternatives
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYAltoona, Pennsylvania – March 29, 20171. Heidi Wyandt, a chronic pain sufferer, being evaluated by her doctorUPSOUND: Doctor – "What kind of pain...
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Los operadores de Wall Street son presa de la crisis de los opioides
Oct.19-- Wall Street no ha sido inmune a la creciente crisis de los opioides que asola a Estados Unidos, pues los operadores sienten el impacto de la adicción. Max Abelson y Jeanna Smialek de Bloomberg examinan cómo esta crisis está...
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Top US health official resigns over financial conflicts
U.S. officials have announced that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned because of financial conflicts of interest.
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald had been in the job since July.
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Acupuncture Used as Weapon to Fight Opioids
EACH TINY PRICK GIVES DAVID RAMSEY RELIEF FROM CHRONIC PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEGS
HE TURNED TO ACUPUNCTURE AFTER BECOMING DEPENDENT ON OPIOIDS AFTER A BAD FALL.
SOUNDBITE (English), David Ramsey, Acupuncture...
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CDC: Opioid Overdose Deaths Tip of the Iceberg
About 2.4 million Americans are hooked on powerful prescription painkillers or their illicit cousin, heroin. Every day, an opioid overdose kills 120 people in the U.S., and many hundreds more are brought back from the brink of death....
Bloomberg
Meet the Candidate Running to Unseat Rep. Dan Donovan
Aug.03 -- Max Rose, the Democrat running to unseat Rep. Dan Donovan in New York's 11th Congressional district, discusses his top campaign issues with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Kevin Cirilli on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power."
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First lady: Opioids 'taken hold of our country'
First lady Melania Trump described the scale of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. and says she is struck by how it has touched the lives of so many people.
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US First Lady: Opioids 'taken hold of our country'
First lady Melania Trump has described the scale of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. and says she is struck by how it has touched the lives of so many people.
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Four Opioid Distributors Settle With Ohio Counties for $260 Million
Oct.21 -- The three largest U.S. drug wholesalers, plus a generic drug manufacturer, reached a deal worth more than $250 million to settle the first federal trial over the companies' role in the U.S. opioid epidemic. Bloomberg's Drew...
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Community offers help to opioid addicts
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China: former opioid addict struggles as busker
China has some of the strictest regulation of opioids in the world, but OxyContin and other pain pills are sold illegally online by vendors who take advantage of China's major e-commerce and social media sites, including platforms run by...
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China: former opioid addict struggles as busker
China has some of the strictest regulation of opioids in the world, but OxyContin and other pain pills are sold illegally online by vendors who take advantage of China's major e-commerce and social media sites, including platforms run by...
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Katherine Langford's 'Avengers: Endgame ' scene surfaces on Disney+
LANGFORD SURPRISED AND EXCITED DELETED 'ENDGAME' SCENE SURFACED ON DISNEY+
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Marijuana Users May Need More Anesthesia During Surgery, Study Says
Researchers think surgical patients who use marijuana may develop a higher tolerance to anesthesia, pain pills.
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Purdue Pharma Will Pay $8.3 Billion to Settle Opioid Case
Oct.21 -- Purdue Pharma LP will plead guilty to three felonies and pay $8.3 billion to settle federal probes of how it marketed OxyContin, the addictive painkiller blamed for helping to spark the opioid epidemic. The company’s owners,...